Is that terrible? I kind of think of students that I get from other teachers as step-students for a while. Maybe that's what parents think about chidlren of their spouse's, but I definitely have that feeling for a time. It doesn't last long, well, maybe through a complete book or so, depending on how long that takes.
The students I wrote the original blog post about are my step-students, still. We've only have about four lessons, but I feel slightly resentful having to clean up other teacher's errors. How can a student who has been playing for over two years not know how to read notes? How can she not know intervals?
How can a student who has been playing for over three years not progress to the point of playing hands together? Oh, my. I do have a lot of work to do.
I love these children--they are both just delightful and kind and sweet, but they have some habits that I'd like to break. They have some learned behaviors that I'd like them to un-learn.
What's worse: a very beginning student or a step-student? I'm not sure...
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