Spaceman,

catspaw thinks you are posting these messages about teaching and students as a joke. He thinks you are doing it just to see us react.

I think that you are serious.

It would help to know where you are, what sort of children your students are, what sort of music you are teaching, what instruments, etc. Also, tell us what you do in a typical lesson, from start to finish. How do you introduce the lesson, how do you show the kids what you want them to do, how do you get them motivated or interested in what you want them to do. What sort of music are you asking them to learn, or are you at the beginning stages of teaching them the notes, rhythms, etc.

Unless you give us more information we can't provide you with much more insight than we have already, and because you haven't responded to any of our suggestions we don't know whether anything we have said made sense to you, or whether you have decided to try out anything we have suggested.

This is a two way conversation. Don't keep starting new threads about this topic. Please come back to this thread and keep this conversation going. Give us some more information and some feedback/comments on what we have said so far.

Helen

As a teacher and a trainer I can understand your concerns.