{"id":179,"date":"2009-08-28T08:19:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T12:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicboxmusicstudio.com\/blog\/?p=179"},"modified":"2009-08-29T01:20:01","modified_gmt":"2009-08-29T05:20:01","slug":"studetnteacher-relationshieam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/studetnteacher-relationshieam\/","title":{"rendered":"Student\/teacher relation- &#8220;ship&#8221;. Set your sails for success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One ship sails East,<br \/>\nAnd another West,<br \/>\nBy the self-same winds that blow,<br \/>\nTis the set of the sails<br \/>\nAnd not the gales,<br \/>\nThat tells the way we go. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox-<\/p>\n<p>I am sure every piano teacher will love that I am comparing us to a gale&#8230;but it&#8217;s not because we&#8217;re blowing hot air or because we are long-winded&#8230; though I suppose some of us can be.\u00a0 For any teacher though, the lessons and guidance they offer to their students is a constant driving force which some students accept and use to succeed while other students seem to have difficulty &#8220;catching the wind&#8221;. I am sure that there are many factors at play here but none so evident to me as the student&#8217;s relationship with his\/her teacher.<\/p>\n<p>Music is a subject that requires emotion, passion, and soul. All things that make us vulnerable. The degree of trust between teacher and student affects how well a student can learn music, which in turn affects how much a teacher can teach that student.\u00a0 If a student is uncomfortable asking questions\u00a0 or trying something different with a piece or if they don&#8217;t feel that they can be honest about how much practice they accomplished, it makes the teacher&#8217;s job very difficult and eventually the student will become stuck and frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage my own students to view me as their coach. My goal is to see them succeed. I am trying to help them power their ship so they can go places!\u00a0 What can the student do to make the student\/teacher relationship work?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">talk<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> to your teacher <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">honestly<\/span> about how your practice went, your likes and dislikes when it comes to song choice, your goals<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ask questions<\/span>. If you don&#8217;t understand something ask!! The more you ask, the more you learn!<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">take constructive criticism openly (not personally)<\/span>. If you could already play like an expert, you wouldn&#8217;t need a teacher. Your teacher&#8217;s comments help you to improve.<\/li>\n<li>remember <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">your teacher is on your side<\/span> and wants you to succeed and have FUN!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Set your sails for success!!!<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/DOCUME%7E1\/Dad\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/moz-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-180 aligncenter\" title=\"bounty_tall_ship\" src=\"http:\/\/musicboxmusicstudio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/bounty_tall_ship-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"bounty_tall_ship\" width=\"176\" height=\"145\" \/><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One ship sails East, And another West, By the self-same winds that blow, Tis the set of the sails And not the gales, That tells the way we go. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox- I am sure every piano teacher will love that I am comparing us to a gale&#8230;but it&#8217;s not because we&#8217;re blowing hot air&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15,18,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-education","category-piano-lessons","category-studentteacher-relationships","category-teaching-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicboxfmc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}