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I am a music teacher. I hate my job. I love teaching. I love music. I love the kids. I hate the Pointless busy work non supportive school district "We're cutting your hours" "you only have a job so I can have planning" "but who will do car duty?" "do you even have standards?" no reply when I say good morning ....environment I work in.

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patience is

understanding

it often is

worth much more

to learn

than

to win

– CW

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when someone asks how i control my students

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So cool. If everyone supported arts education like this, maybe I wouldn't be being forced out of my job.

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Soon.

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When I read the PD day schedule and none of the sessions are in anyway relevant to my job but I still have to go.

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When a student acts surprised that I am actually making them work:

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When a whole class fails the assessment so you think it might be you ... but then your other classes are like

So… basically, that one class:

And you’re NOT a shitty teacher

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We’re your least favourite class, aren’t we?

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HERE ARE A FEW NEW SCRUFFY LOOKING PICTURES OF JOHN I WANT TO SHARE TODAY BEST WISHES HAVE A NICE DAY

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Showing up to my job

When I was new:

Now:

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Ron Clark.

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#imisscollege

You Know You’re a Music Major When...

You’re not shocked at having ten classes this semester.

You’d prefer these ten classes to having six and a science lab any day of the week.

“Tarantella,” “Scarlatti,” “Prestississimo,” and “Largo espressivo” mean things to you, and it’s not a coffee or pasta.

You once heard a rumor about someone who stayed up for three days straight before their jury and aced it. You’ve considered doing the same.

Dairy is a forbidden food. So is coffee, but that doesn’t keep it from being a good idea any time of day.

You can tell the difference between a viola and a violin.

If someone’s wandering around the music building with a knife, you assume they’re an oboist who got distracted from making their reeds.

You pity no one more than the piano majors at the start of every year, because they get mobbed by people looking for accompanists.

You arrive in the music lounge really early one morning to find someone asleep on a couch who never left last night. This doesn’t surprise you.

After a late night practice session, YOU become the person who sleep on the couch overnight.

You have been known to attend geology club meetings for the free pizza.

You have performed for campus events for the catering.

You’ve performed at coffee shops for free coffee.

You loved Pitch Perfect. (even if you’re not a voice major.) (especially if you’re not a voice major.)

You genuinely don’t know what to do with a day off because seriously, you don’t even have a concert to go to? Or any homework? Are you dying and someone forgot to tell you?

You meet someone who’s been in school for six years with two music majors and are surprised they graduate soon.

You visited the science building on campus one time. It was a strange place. You hope you don’t ever have a class there.

You’ve genuinely never seen the inside of at least two major buildings on campus because all your classes are in the music building.

If you had to choose between a winning lottery ticket and a job with your favorite orchestra/band/choir/opera house, you’d have to think long and hard.

If your ensemble director says ‘Once more through and then I’ll let you go early,” you know it translates to “Five more times through and a lecture, and you’ll be getting out five minutes late.”

Twelve hour class days are normal.

You’ve been known to bring music theory homework to parties.

You will personally murder the next person who asks you to perform something for them on the spot.

You have tried literally the weirdest things ever to avoid a cold during performance week.

You get to do the coolest thing every all day every day.

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James bay