It doesn't matter that I don't like the teaching style at the school where I teach, or that I don't enjoy teaching in such a manner. It doesn't matter that I feel bogged down in the nagging tone of voice that I feel I acquire while teaching there, or the fear that it is coming from within me and will haunt me forever. It doesn't matter that I likely won't be teaching there, again, or that a part of me is looking forward to the end of the year.
What matters is the students that I'm teaching. And for everything in my class and in our time together towards which I can be critical, the only answer is to find another way, or to keep looking for new ways. Children really do learn what you give them and surround them with. Somehow they are playing the cello. But teaching them something more is what is needed. There is no turning away from that. There is more consideration needed–in our technique, in our words, in our actions.
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