Never say never

I wore them down. Week after week my students walked into room and tried to remain unaffected. They ranged from uninterested and guarded to disruptive, disrespectful, and downright mean. But I wore them down. Week after week I put music out there with all the enthusiasm I could muster. (Some days this was zero, but God carried me.)

The younger grades have been having a blast all year, but some of the older students have been hard to reach. However, in the last few weeks there have been many actual musical moments with every class. Last week there 8th graders asking for more, high schoolers improvising like crazy, 6th grade boys playing ukelele, and nearly everybody creating original patterns with puili sticks.

I never thought this would happen.

It's another testimony to the allure of music, and the power of prayer and persistence.