Klarinet Archive - Posting 000186.txt from 1999/03

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Studio teaching
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:47:18 -0500

At 06:37 PM 3/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hmmmm, maybe dropping out of lessons at the last minute says something
>about the teacher.

Dana is here right now with me.....surprise surprise!!! She says - forget
that....I'm just really busy and really involved with things. It isn't my
teacher.

>Encouragement to teachers:
>Make the lesson fun by being interested and excited about the student.
>If the teacher just 'sits' through the lesson, the student will do the
>same. But if the teacher gets excited about what the student does it is
>contagious to the student. They will then want to learn more, get
>better, practice, etc. This exactly the case with me and my new
>teacher. I am not saying the teacher caries ALL the responsibility,
>though.

My response (RG) - don't judge every person's experience by your own. What
you say is good, but it is not true with every case.

RG

______
Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Concert Band/Symphonic Winds/Titan Band
Advisor, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
Office: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3411

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