It's easy to rant - but I like to keep myself honest. This weekend feels a lot better and some time away helps put things back into perspective. The tough times make the good times look so much better. It is pretty cool to teach in a country where music is examined as part of the national curriculum. One thing's for sure - the British are great at organization and administration. All kids leave High School having studied Pop Music, Dance Music, Musicals, Electronic Music, Minimalism, Experimental Music, Serialism, Classical Music, Indian Raga, African Music and World Music. They've submitted two recorded solos and two compositions for external examination. I could even take a course and make extra money marking Music Exams for the National Exam board. After leaving my High School in Canada I could do the performance exam and that's about it. I think when I come back to Canada i'm going to take key aspects of the British Music Curriculum with me.
As for behaviour I just have to play by their rules. It's pretty much do as the teacher says or be removed from the lesson. After getting rid of a few crazies then I will have the keen ones left. Different mind set but comes with the new time zone I suppose.
4 weeks left until Christmas Break. I plan to see Wicked the musical next week and then the Lion King on December 12th; should be a pretty kick ass trip. Steadily paying off student loans as well - so I'm feeling good about that.
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I'm going to try to see Lion King in New York when I am there after Christmas. My sister went to the one in London a few months ago....she said it was excellent!
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I hear you on the student loans issue. I've been paying off in chunks for the past two months and was hoping to have all of my loans payed off by Christmas.. but all of the sudden Iv'e realized I need to buy Christmas Presents at some point.. so I guess thats not going to happen.. lol. Oh well... maybe by end of January once I start TOCing again. Only three weeks until Christmas holidays! oh god.. it feels so close yet so far away! lol.
Payed off by JANUARY!!! I wish lol..... I have 102 months left in my student loan at $400 a pop - everyone's dealt a different hand I guess. Congrats on getting it sorted so early :D
Did you see Wicked yet? It's amazing!! I saw the show in New York and now I'm reading the book (which is very different from the musical).
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