Author: uzcat
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Confessions of a Piano Teacher Part 1 – The Invisible Race There are moments in teaching that no training course prepares you for. Many years ago, I taught a lovely boy—we’ll call him Billy. Like many children these days, Billy had a full timetable. School, clubs, sports, activities… and somewhere among all of that, a…
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When the Hunter Becomes the Hunted Well… not really. It’s actually called When the Teacher Becomes the Student. But I couldn’t resist the other title. Over the years I’ve noticed something curious. The lessons I remember most are not the ones where everything went according to plan. They’re the ones where the plan/expectation stepped aside. As…
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The Magnetic Shopping Trolley There are few places where I expect complete strangers to strike up a conversation. The supermarket wasn’t one of them. Yet, for the past few years, it has become one of the friendliest places I know. Twice a week I push a trolley that looks as though a rainbow has decided…