My friend lydee has come up from W.V. and we are in the midst of taking our last Orff level at Eastman. The class goes from 8:30-4:00 everyday and will finish next Friday. This is our 3rd Orff level that we have taken together and so far it is going ok. There are some things that I am really enjoying and one thing that I am thoroughly disappointed over. We are spending more time talking about pedagogy (which I enjoy) and I love the movement portion of the class. The one thing that I am struggling with is the recorder class. I absolutely love playing recorder and am a recorder geek to the nth degree....but I am bored stiff in the class. I was looking forward to being challenged this year and right now I find myself trying to think of some way to challenge myself during class so I don't get antsy. I am that child who will get rebellious in class because he or she is bored.
It may seem like a silly thing to get upset over, but I am finding it hard to keep my emotions under control as I am extremely exhausted from this class, and my MWF 6-8pm music history class. Taking the two classes together is a slow, painful death, and I find myself getting more bitter as it goes on. But thankfully the Lord does provide times of relief and brain breaks. We get an hour lunch, so, if I eat during the first half, lock myself in a practice room and play for the second half, it seems to give me back some level of sanity.
the end. Have a good night.
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