As others have stated, there are some inspiring teachers out there that continue to teach songs. Last year my son had a great teacher who remains to be a good friend. He has a face and sense of humor like Groucho, and he had an old piano painted white in the classroom on which he would play Scott Joplin rags. He would lead the kids in singing folksongs, and some of them thought it was cool, some didn't. He would let my son stay after school and play the piano while he prepared for the next day (even though we live a block away and have a piano here at home). You can see this inspiring teacher by clicking here.