I always thought it was really overwhelming.
Just thinking just
everything that they had to think about.
And
how they,
I mean, it was just really overwhelming.
I just didn't even know where to begin.
With what it took to be a music educator.
I thought just a lot of the discussions we had,
especially pertaining to like philosophy, I thought was, was really impactful.
Just.
Before you can even think about teaching where, it's like,
how do I get the ensemble to play in balances?
You have to decide, what you're doing it and why you're doing it.
And
when during these discussions,
it was
really enlightening, hearing all these different perspectives.
So to formulate
what I wanted to,
what I thought about music, being able to articulate it,
and it's in my role as an educator for the students.
It made the material more meaningful.
Like just learning about it in a lecture is like, okay,
this is information I know,
but in the context of,
of actual activity, it makes the idea as much more tangible and much more,
relevant.
And
I mean, on the other side, I mean, I feel like it also,
the class in and of itself demonstrated a lot of what
should be taught in a classroom, being very student centered.
Seeing not only what we were learning,
but seeing what we were learning in the context of it being practiced.
It was,
it was cool seeing that.
I think probably the most memorable one would be the one
at the very end of the year where we had the school board meeting.
That that was a very memorable one. It was,
it was interesting seeing how everyone believed and how
passionate everyone would be about music and music education in a time
whenever programs are being cut. And it,
it was interesting to see how people were able to articulate their thoughts.
I really liked being able to just
take my thoughts and just put it down.
And
allow myself to reflect on what had been
talked about that day.
And not only see it as like what happened,
but how did I feel about it and what,
what do I want to make of it?
Additionally,
I feel like it really helped me be able to articulate my ideas,
which is incredibly important as an educator because you're communicating
all the time with students, with parents, with administration.
And it's, it's good practice to be able to articulate your thoughts
in the form of, of technology.
I don't know if it really changed as much.
Cause I, I knew why I was wanting to do music.
I wanted to give back what I had gotten from it.
But I'd say that it definitely developed.
I knew what I wanted to do, but I think I,
this class helped
change my perspective on not only what I want to do, but how to accomplish it.
I think the class really helped
think about things that I didn't necessarily think about before.
And always try to like figure out what I don't know.
So the not knowing it won't bother me anymore.
Just do everything you can and make the most of it.
And if there's any questions or things that you're confused about, just
I ask, you know, like if there's something that you don't necessarily agree with it,
go ahead and challenge it. That that's what we're here to do.
We're here to learn. We're here to, to open our minds.