May 30
0 comments
Our schools worship the right answers. Most of the work revolves around just that.
The quizzes.
The tests.
Whether the essay followed the ever-present yet extremely-outdated five-paragraph structure.
Answering the teacher's questions in class.
But, think about it...has anything significant happened in your life because you knew the right answers?
Has anyone changed the world because they knew the right answers?
Learning music, there are certainly no right answers. Maybe that's why so many quit. It's hard to learn music with its complexities and nuances in a right-answers kind of world.
But then, in life there are no right answers.
Heck, most of the time we don't even know what the question is.
What about teaching students to seek out the wrong answers? Challenging our kids to come up with 1,000 ideas, no matter how absurd they may be?
Daring them to solve problems that aren't even written about yet.
It's harder to grade than "right" or "wrong," of course.
But this is the teaching and learning that will change the world.
Never miss a blog post!
For parents, students, and anyone else who believes that music can and should be a meaningful part of everyone's life.
Tags
How did this past week go? What’s something you could have done better? What can you change this week to do that thing better? And how will you make sure you stick to it? Weekly reviews aren’t sexy, by any means. But they’re effective. Do it for a couple months, and you’ll be astounded by the results.
Read MoreWhen it comes to practicing, most people don’t get how time works. People think the amount of practice time is most important. Rather than the frequency. Logic tells us this: Practicing 5 minutes for six days would be the same as practicing 30 minutes for one day. It adds up to the same total minutes, so the benefits are the same.
Read More