It is really inspiring to have adult students.  Students of any age, really, but adult students in a somewhat more selfish way. 

After having been at the Dalcroze conference, I have a goal to become a Dalcroze teacher and part of that, a large part of that, is mastering piano and having the ability to improvise on the instrument.  In addition to this I will have to really cultivate my solfege (fixed Do) and eurythmic abilities, all of which seem incredibly daunting.  But I have these wonderful examples with me, students who are just as much peers and motivators in the path of growing.  To reach the highest designation in the Dalcroze teaching hierarchy might be a stretch (like having a goal to write a novel in French), but all the things that are a part of becoming that are things that I wish to cultivate.  And this is where my students are.  It allows me to join them in doing something new, something daunting, something exciting and rewarding in and of itself.  And I can see the way that I learn, the way that my mind feels as it reaches for more than the day will allow, the way it feels to wonder if this is worth it, what motivates and what discourages.  And since I do not have one teacher, perhaps I will be able to observe when I wish I did, and what I wish that teacher would say or do to help me.