Silent Questions

It's a new year.  I've started the second year of teaching many of my students. Not only is it great to be able to see familiar face again, but having a second year allows me to reflect on each of them and to think about where we might be headed, or what would be valuable for each person.  It's also really cool to see growth happening, even after some time away from one another.  

For one, it's establishing an assumed respect in the lesson.  For another, artistry.  For another, inspiration through their natural creativity.  For another, to find an asset in their sensitivity, rather than a weakness. Before I started teaching this afternoon, I wasn't completely clear on what each might be.  But it became very clear for most after seeing them again and having time together again.  There are still a few that I'm curious about, wondering where we might be going.  I wonder what will happen if I am open in every lesson throughout the year to silently asking this of all my students.  What do you need?  What are you asking me to help you with?