December 29, 2008 at 10:54 PM

Here are some great things that have happened to me in the last two weeks; the semester is over and the grades I know of look good so far, I've had a lesson with Maria, I've gotten a TON of practice in, I've read Teaching Genius, I'm making a little bit of money, I have a lesson set-up with Adam Han-Gorski in January and I had a TERRIFIC Christmas. Though I'm tired from working slightly odd hours, it's actually been nice because it makes me more focused on practice since I have a set time of when I can do it. Oh and Mr. Halgedahl sent me an email about 2 weeks ago saying that we should get together for a lesson. This made me very happy.

Teaching Genius is a wonderful book about Dorothy DeLay and it made me realize that that is what makes the best teacher. That is how I have taught, how I want to teach and how I want to be taught. It makes so much sense to teach the way Mrs. DeLay did. It is incomprehensible to me as to why some teachers teach through yelling, pressure and intimidation of students. More on that later, I have another lesson with Maria in about an hour.

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