{"id":689,"date":"2008-08-23T08:34:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-23T15:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=689"},"modified":"2009-06-29T21:39:45","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T04:39:45","slug":"on-the-topic-of-teaching-saxophone-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2008\/on-the-topic-of-teaching-saxophone-4\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Topic Of Teaching Saxophone 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned in my first post on teaching saxophone<\/a> that being a teacher carries with it an enormous amount of power. It can be easy to manipulate a student’s thinking, either intentionally or unintentionally. Therefore as saxophone & music teachers we need to be careful of the messages we send\u00a0our students.<\/p>\n

One of the most important\u00a0messages that I try to\u00a0send my students is that they need to find a balance<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We currently live in a society where we are bombarded by messages that we are lacking. We are being told that we should improve in all the aspects of our lives in which we are deficient. (If advertisers are to be believed, that would be in virtually\u00a0every aspect of\u00a0our lives!)<\/p>\n

This focus on our deficits has its dark side. Skills and knowledge that we currently possess tend to be devalued or seen as substandard. We hold ourselves up to an ideal that we should reach, and in many cases may be unattainable.<\/p>\n

This is not to say that we should not try to attain a higher standard, but in striving to improve, we need to continue to value the skill and knowledge that we already hold. The key is to find a balance between where we are, and where we desire to be.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to teaching my young students about music and how to play the sax, I see another one of my roles as a\u00a0teacher, being to help my students understand the need<\/strong><\/em> to\u00a0find that balance, validate the skills & knowledge that they already have<\/strong><\/em> in order to help them find the balance, and hopefully,\u00a0enable them to transfer some of that understanding to the rest of their lives<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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…this is just my blog<\/em>. <\/span> My \u201creal\u201d <\/strong> website is<\/span> www.bassic-sax.info.<\/a> If you\u2019re looking for <\/span> sax info<\/strong>,<\/span> you should check it out too.<\/span>There\u2019s lots<\/em> there! <\/span><\/div>\n
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