July 19
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We piano teachers receive a wondrous gift for our work.
That gift is the opportunity to be a part of students' lives for many, many years.
Fourth-grade teachers bond with a group of students for a year, and then the students are gone. Maybe former teacher and students see each other in the halls from time to time afterwards.
But before you know it, they're gone, and rarely reconnect with their old fourth-grade teacher.
Even the sports coaches. Once students are finished with the elementary-school leagues (or whatever they're called), they're off to join the teams for older kids.
But we piano teachers get to be with our students for the long haul. There's something about having a student as a 5-year-old and staying with them until they graduate high school. It's magical.
We get to see them grow, and be a part of it. In many ways, our students become like family.
And that is the greatest gift a teacher can ask for.
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