Klarinet Archive - Posting 000327.txt from 2000/03

From: MaryWBalch@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Another adult student problem
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 16:19:21 -0500

Hi everyone,

I have this problem. Amongst 20 or so clarinet and saxophone students that I
teach, I have 2 adult students. One plays clarinet and the other tenor
saxophone. The lady that is playing clarinet is about 40-45 years old. She
likes to play all the time, which is a good thing. The bad part is that she
keeps on playing even when I am talking to her. So we end up wasting about 5
minutes of a 30 minute lesson with this problem. I really don't want to
embarrass her by calling it to her attention, but I'm getting about sick and
tired of it! Adults should know better! None of my other students act like
this. My other adult student is a 30-35 year old male. This particular lady
knows my father from a previous job that he had and I am wondering if she
perceives me as being young and ignorant, since I am 27 years old. Anybody
else have any problems like this?

Mary W. Balch
Woodwinds Instructor

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