Story #4- happy
I have alot of happy stories from my time in India, but since i was there for studetns teaching, I'll share the story of a few of my final 10th grade IB music class.
By this point I had pretty much completely handed ove the class to the new teacher, greg.. I told greg i wanted to do something a little special for my last day there. Benn, the teacher of 12th grdae IB music had asked me to give a lecture on Shostakovich at some point. it wokred out perfectly because the classes were back to back, and both had covered some relevent topics which I could tie into my lecutre.
Long story short, I gave two lectures on the first movement of Shostakovich's 9th Symphony. Those of you who kow how much I love Shostakovich's music understand how much fun i had during these two classes. On top of it all, this was a piece that neither Benn nor Greg had heard before. Not only was I teaching the class, I was teaching the teachers as well.
Pretty short story, but that was one of the happiest moements I had at kodai.
Future...
As far as the future, I've accepted a paid music internship at The American International School of Muscat (TAISM). Muscat is the capital city of Oman, and seems to be a really great place. The coutnry is internationall ranked as one of the most stable, prosperous, and peaceful nations in the world. I leave for Muscat on Febraury 7th.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=The+american+International+School+of+Muscat&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.68309,113.818359&vpsrc=0&hq=The+american+International+School+of&hnear=Muscat,+Masqat,+Oman&t=m&z=12
so yah... there it is.
thanks for reading
I have alot of happy stories from my time in India, but since i was there for studetns teaching, I'll share the story of a few of my final 10th grade IB music class.
By this point I had pretty much completely handed ove the class to the new teacher, greg.. I told greg i wanted to do something a little special for my last day there. Benn, the teacher of 12th grdae IB music had asked me to give a lecture on Shostakovich at some point. it wokred out perfectly because the classes were back to back, and both had covered some relevent topics which I could tie into my lecutre.
Long story short, I gave two lectures on the first movement of Shostakovich's 9th Symphony. Those of you who kow how much I love Shostakovich's music understand how much fun i had during these two classes. On top of it all, this was a piece that neither Benn nor Greg had heard before. Not only was I teaching the class, I was teaching the teachers as well.
Pretty short story, but that was one of the happiest moements I had at kodai.
Future...
As far as the future, I've accepted a paid music internship at The American International School of Muscat (TAISM). Muscat is the capital city of Oman, and seems to be a really great place. The coutnry is internationall ranked as one of the most stable, prosperous, and peaceful nations in the world. I leave for Muscat on Febraury 7th.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=The+american+International+School+of+Muscat&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.68309,113.818359&vpsrc=0&hq=The+american+International+School+of&hnear=Muscat,+Masqat,+Oman&t=m&z=12
so yah... there it is.
thanks for reading
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