Klarinet Archive - Posting 000240.txt from 2003/03

From: "Trish Mendenhall" <trishm@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] anger and jelousy of a southern west virginianmusicstudent
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 23:33:19 -0500

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> That's true. It's probably why I didn't go that route. All=20
> the same, there are a lot of people who make good performers=20
> and good teachers. It's still something to think about.

That's very true, and I didn't mean to imply otherwise. One of my =
favorite
teachers was exactly that sort of person. I think my point was that
teaching shouldn't be treated as some sort of default fallback for a
musician who doesn't make it as a pro in performance. You shouldn't =
choose
teaching unless you really have an interest in it.=20

I actually thought about teaching for a few months when I realized I =
didn't
want to go the professional musician route - I do actually enjoy the =
process
of teaching now and again. But the operative phrase is "now and again" =
- I
did a stint as a trainer for a company, and found that I rapidly lost
interest and patience if my students weren't at least slightly =
motivated.
Nope, not cut out to be a full-time teacher!

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