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Me: Notice what I wrote and make sure you focus especially on that.
Student (reading my handwriting): Slow practice on weasures [sic] 12-15. Sometimes, writing is hard... *student plays an ascending major 3rd and repeats it*
Student: That sounds like Harry Potter! *we diverge for a minute or two trying to figure out the rest of the theme, mostly failing; I also talk a little about intervals* Me: You could get a Harry Potter book to learn it from. Student: Well, I'm already asking for a Lord of the Rings piano book for Christmas. It's great when a student likes what they're doing enough to ask for a music book for Christmas. |
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I have been teaching music across the Twin Cities since 2011. Along with seeing students grow as musicians and people, one of the joys of teaching is the ridiculous things my students say. 
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