Klarinet Archive - Posting 000108.txt from 1998/07

From: "Jennifer McKenna" <mai_lin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] what am I going to do?
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 09:29:50 -0400

thankyou for responding!
Unfortunatly I have exhuasted all of my options with the financial aid
office, they can't do anything unless I'm 'independant', which I can't
be if I'm living at home. I've reached a stand still, and I'm still
looking for other things to break though.
I am trying my hardest to work through this all and I appreciate all of
teh responses that I got; thankyou very much.

jennifer mckenna

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>From: "Haley Wimsatt" <hwimsatt@-----.com>
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 14:18:28 PDT
>Subject: Re: [kl] what am I going to do?
>
>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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