Day 28: May 9, 2017
Challenge: Give a music lesson
Anyone who knows me well knows that music is huge part of my life. I love to sing, and dance, and play music whenever I can. These same people who know me well can also attest that teaching is a huge part of my life. When I lost the dream of becoming a professional musician, I fell into teaching, and I love it. It is challenging and rewarding, and consistently changing; teaching has become my life. It stands to reason, then, that I would want to share my passion for music with others through my gifts of teaching. Over the years I've taught various types of music lessons: piano, voice, theory, choir. But I've never made it a consistent part of my teaching. I set this challenge for myself kind of on accident, my nephew needed help with his violin so I put my other 40 days to 40 tasks on hold and drove to Syracuse to see what I could do to inspire him.
While I was teaching him what I know about the violin, and practicing an instrument, it reminded me that music really is a huge part of my life, and though I'm a teacher first these days, I am a musician at heart. I was able to get a music teaching position in the school district that I work with. It's been challenging, but it's been very good to have music back in my life on a more consistent basis. It has inspired me to pursue a secondary music endorsement and license so that I can teach in the junior high and high schools; as it turns out I'm not very good with the smaller children in elementary schools. I'm very glad that this task came into my life at this point, so that I would have the opportunity to reflect on how it will make my soul happier.
Give a music lesson! #40daysto40 #birthdaychallenge #mynephewsarethecutest #violinpractice pic.twitter.com/JuWVZVdiym— Stacy Mayren (@StacyLeeSnider) May 10, 2017
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