I have a tendency to forget how much marching band becomes a family very quickly until today. I finally got a chance to meet the percussion instructor and we all went out for dinner and a time to talk band and relax. As much as this dinner was more of a "let's discuss what's going wrong and figure out how to fix it for the last two days" I keep being reminded that this is a learning experience for everyone. I am usually really good at coming up with positive things to say to others to remind them to stay positive, but I am always at fault for this too. In about two months I know I'm going to be stressed and finding negative things about everything, but I need to remember that "it's a learning experience". Every day is a learning experience in the education world. We test lessons and things and see how they work...sometimes lessons work great for one class and not so great for the next. My goal this year is to remember that and see how long I can go and the impact I have on the students and how I feel.
Top 5 for the day:
1. Fun conversations at dinner
2. Spending a lot of time in the sun (even if it's hot) and getting very little burnt
3. Realizing how much the students have learned in a matter of 3 days
4. Having a pretty awesome flute section that is willing to work hard at one measure for 5-10 minutes to help others in the group
5. Amazing band staff :)
Good plan, let's keep each other accountable, okay? In fact, I may print this blog post out for both of us :-) See you soon!
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