Klarinet Archive - Posting 000017.txt from 1998/07

From: "Haley Wimsatt" <hwimsatt@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] what am I going to do?
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 17:18:28 -0400

Jennifer,
And a little bit off of the emotional aspect of it all, have you tried
speaking with the financial aid departments at these schools? I had a
similar problem my first year of school and when I described my
situation to the folks in the financial aid department at my school I
found them to be most helpful in keeping me enrolled in classes (they
really wanted my $$!!! :) But there are always federal and state funded
grants and also, as dreadful as they sound, loans. If it weren't for
these alternatives in my situation, I wouldn't have been able to
continue my education. Just some food for thought. Keep your chin held
high and remember that you're great no matter what! We all have our bad
days, and sometimes those days seem to outnumber the good ones, but
we're all in this for one thing, the love of the art. Good luck and you
have my best wishes. ~~Haley

>
>Jennifer, it sounds like you're pretty overwhelmed right now - no
wonder
>you're having trouble concentrating! I'd say that's a normal reaction
to all
>the upheaval in your life just now. You probably need more help with
those
>problems than we on the list are going to be able to give you - do you
have
>someone you can talk to about all this? A family member, friend,
minister,
>teacher from your old high school - anybody who can listen objectively?
>Sometimes it helps to talk through a problem - you may not find a
solution
>right away, but it helps clarify your thinking, particularly if the
listener
>is someone good at reflecting what you're saying back to you. As far
as
>clarinet playing goes, at the worst times in my life (loss of a child,
in my
>case) the clarinet became kind of a safe haven, a place to escape - as
long as
>I was playing, I didn't have to think about my problems. Maybe right
now,
>when it's so hard to find motivation, what you need is not so much to
>practice, but to just play - purely for the love of it. Is there a
community
>band you could join for the rest of the summer? Otherwise, just crash
through
>solos or etude books just for fun - tell yourself you're practicing
>sightreading if you need more excuse than that! Life seems pretty
>overwhelming right now, but keep in mind that this, too, shall pass,
though it
>may not be as quickly as you would like. Situations like this can
spark a lot
>of personal growth, sometimes in directions we never considered before.
I
>wish you all the best!
>
>Susan Schwaegler
>Clarinet teacher and recent Master of Pastoral Studies
>
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