Doing it because you have to turns into doing it because you love it.

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That's how I feel about teaching piano for the past 5 or 6 months. I started out doing it because I thought it would be a good way to get a little extra cash. I wasn't too excited about it and I wasn't really wanting to all that much. But as my students and I had fun times, frustrating times, smiles, tears, I feel in love with teaching. My piano teacher was saying how she loves teaching so much during one of my lessons with her and I was confused as to why anyone would love teaching piano.....but here I am, not wanting to leave my students. I don't want to give them to somebody else to teach. I know the way they learn, what works for them, and how they pay attention better than any other piano teacher out there. I feel selfish, but I don't want another teacher to gain their trust or smiles. Maybe I can drive up to Salt Lake on Saturdays.....just kidding. If only that could really happen. I love them very much. And I never thought that would happen when I accepted the request to teach two little girls. The part I love most is when they get excited because they understand something a little better. They're teaching themselves just as much as I'm teaching them, if not more, and I want them to have a teacher that will keep on doing that. I know I can do that, so I want to stay so I'll know they'll have that.

I found these online and they all remind me of my students in some way.

This little girl shows the adorable silliness of a few of my students.

This perfectly positioned hand is what a lot of my students have trouble with. I try to focus a lot on their hands and the positioning of each individual finger.

This shows how children have a hard time focusing sometimes...haha. :) One of my students has a hard time hearing what I'm saying and doing what I ask when anyone else is in the room or any other noise is sounding around her.

This is how a lot of them play. Their hands aren't relaxed, they're very tense, they like to bend their knuckles back instead of forward to make a nice arch. They're getting better though! A few more weeks with a few of them and their hands would be significantly better.

And this one shows the concentration I love from them. This is also the age of almost all of my students. 6 of the 9 are about eight years old.

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  1. AnonymousAugust 15, 2010 at 8:41 PM

    All this from the girl who never wanted to teach anyone anything! I love it. :D

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