Klarinet Archive - Posting 000435.txt from 1998/04

From: Karen Miner <teach94@-----.com>
Subj: RE: lesson motivation
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 10:06:05 -0400

>>One of the fundamental problems is that almost no music teacher
>initially
>>gets into the profession because they started with the idea that they
>had
>>a love of teaching. Almost without exception our original motivation
>is
>>our love of music. Some of us eventually come to love teaching as much
>or
>>almost as much as we love music, and some others never do.
>>
>>Ed Lacy
>
>
>Hmm, I'd like to hear from some of the other Music Ed majors and people
>in music education on this one. I'm a music ed major because I want to
>teach music. Even if I had the ability to be a performance major, I
>would rather teach. That's really bad news for the students, if the
>teachers don't really want to teach. How can a teacher motivate
>students if he/she isn't even motivated to teach? Are there really
>almost no music educators who initially got into the profession because
>of a love a teaching? I'm sorry, I'm writing "really" a great number of
>times this evening. Anyway, maybe if the person loves music, he can
>make it rub off on others even if he doesn't especially
>(yeah, I found a synonym for really) like teaching. The best music
>educators would seem to be those that love both teaching and music
>Are there so few who fit into that category?
>
>Tahna Britton

I chose music ed. because I WANTED to teach. In fact, when I auditioned for
the music dept. it was for a music minor. But, decided then that I really
wanted to teach music. Since I wanted to teach (I have wanted to be a
teacher since High School) and had a love of music, why not put them both
together. I have taught 3 years and could not imagine doing anything else.
I love working with kids. Instead of dreading Monday morning I actually
look forward to it.

Karen Miner

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"The gift of imagination is by no means an exclusive property of the
artist; it is a gift we all share; to some degree or other all of us, all
of you, are endowed with powers of fantasy." .... Leonard Bernstein

Karen Miner :-)
email address: teach94@-----.com
webpage: www.edwpub.com/members/kminer

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