Why Pain?
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:52 pm
Good old Skt. Bonifacius grade school. Every class had 6 rows of eight studen6s (n 48 per class). And at that time (1944-1952) every grade had two classes....except ninth grade... for those who could afford to further their "catholic" education.
Some of these nun/teachers were "novitiates" barely older than the students! How does one maintain discipline in this situation? Solution?.....
PAIN !!!
As an eight to ten year old, my father tried to teach me to play the zither. "Rudi! Practice on these two a strings! Man, liker cheese cutters going through my fingers. I did not last long...and neither did my daughter who quit because of pain when I tried to teach her zither when she was in her teens.
Have any of you teachers out there tried, or had luck, transposing the initial lessons of either Kabatek or Darr to the "D", or even G or C strings on the griff, to avoid losing the student because of pain?
As they say in Manitowoc, keep 'er movin"
Rudi, da oida
Some of these nun/teachers were "novitiates" barely older than the students! How does one maintain discipline in this situation? Solution?.....
PAIN !!!
As an eight to ten year old, my father tried to teach me to play the zither. "Rudi! Practice on these two a strings! Man, liker cheese cutters going through my fingers. I did not last long...and neither did my daughter who quit because of pain when I tried to teach her zither when she was in her teens.
Have any of you teachers out there tried, or had luck, transposing the initial lessons of either Kabatek or Darr to the "D", or even G or C strings on the griff, to avoid losing the student because of pain?
As they say in Manitowoc, keep 'er movin"
Rudi, da oida