Solo & Ensemble, Festival, Etc.
The choirs have been at Festival all week so today they took a break and watched Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs....
This put into question my thoughts and viewpoints on "movie days". I think at one point I would have said "no way, learning should always be taking place, some sort of activity should be involved" but I really don't think I believe that now. We get classes cancelled for time off because of extra-curriculars, why shouldn't we also reward our students for a lot of extra time and effort put in with a movie (or some other type of reward)?
Not all of the students, however, got a break just yet. Solo and Ensemble is coming up and we were assigned students to work with on their pieces. Lindsay and I worked together with two girls. I thought it was really nice to have two teachers and one student, as it allowed for each of us to play off of each others strengths, work things out together, and also provided for two sets of ears, oftentimes reaffirming something that I had also heard or was thinking. Having two teachers in a room...just a thought. I suppose maybe that's why some people enjoy having student teachers (and perhaps why others don't) :)
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