tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670296975576583968.post2304210401261794947..comments2023-07-05T11:18:00.799+01:00Comments on With a Song in my Heart: On teaching.Song in my Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13108400300327113931noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670296975576583968.post-5838661184003199822009-05-16T16:36:00.000+01:002009-05-16T16:36:00.000+01:00Thank you, as ever, for your support, Kathryn.
W...Thank you, as ever, for your support, Kathryn. <br /><br />Writing about teaching is a little odd; unlike many things, I find it easier to <B>do</B> than to explain. But one thing that has become clear to me over the past few months (and which I cannot write about here in any great detail) is that I need to get better at communicating my philosophy and purpose in teaching to some of the parents I deal with; I suspect I have quite a bit more writing and reflecting to do before I get there. A lot of that writing will probably happen here, because it's so tied up with my beliefs about kindness and empathy, and those have a lot to do with God.Song in my Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108400300327113931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670296975576583968.post-47567617255550715182009-05-16T14:28:00.000+01:002009-05-16T14:28:00.000+01:00As I think I may have mentioned before ;-) - your ...As I think I may have mentioned before ;-) - your students are very thoroughly blessed...Thank you for writing about this important part of you.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670296975576583968.post-35139802758998631152009-05-16T09:05:00.000+01:002009-05-16T09:05:00.000+01:00Thank you, Grandmère Mimi. And yes--building up co...Thank you, Grandmère Mimi. And yes--building up confidence, rather than tearing it down, is a good summary of what I try to do. The children I teach, and especially the adults I teach, have had so much of the other way around that they don't know what to make of it sometimes, but I've had experience on the other end of both types of teaching and I know which I found more useful in the long run.Song in my Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108400300327113931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670296975576583968.post-46410671333314283902009-05-15T23:56:00.000+01:002009-05-15T23:56:00.000+01:00(It was late last night when I wrote this, so cohe...<I>(It was late last night when I wrote this, so coherence may not be wonderful, and I've almost certainly missed some things out. But I'm going to post it anyway.)</I><BR><BR>Because perfection doesn't exist. Good for you, Song. You practice what you teach.<br /><br />Nevertheless, you sound like a wonderful teacher, the kind of teacher who builds up rather than tears down confidence.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670296975576583968.post-82521230526724970022009-05-15T14:55:00.000+01:002009-05-15T14:55:00.000+01:00People who teach that way make me very angry and v...People who teach that way make me very angry and very sad. Thankfully there isn't quite so much of it about these days.Song in my Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108400300327113931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670296975576583968.post-24091471809961413922009-05-15T13:20:00.000+01:002009-05-15T13:20:00.000+01:00I wish you had been my piano teacher. She would s...I wish you had been my piano teacher. She would smack my knuckles with a ruler if I allowed my hands to droop even slightly. Sort of took the joy out of the playing.8thdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139355263412766126noreply@blogger.com