Mondays....I think they are going to kill me this year. Trying to act energized at 8:00 in the morning in order to engage 25 5th graders is a challenge. The kids look so bored that the forty minute rehearsals are becoming slightly torturous. After that I launch into seven beginner lessons. Why did I put the beginners on a Monday? I have no idea what I was thinking. Since the beginners are all in the same spot, I teach the same thing seven times in a row. I hate to admit it, but it drives me batty. I feel like I am working on an assembly line, just processing kids through. But I guess I can at least say that I am honing my acting skills--i.e. acting excited to be teaching the kids. By lunch today I was wondering if perhaps I should change careers, or at least start teaching older kids. Thankfully Monday is the only day I have beginners all day.
My plan was to come home and practice violin, but as I was looking at the case, I got rather sick as I contemplated the thought of having to look at another violin. Perhaps this is why I come home and spend my time playing recorder or gamba......too bad I can't retire at an early age.
