The Future & Other Scary Subjects

I am going to be a music teacher, and because of that, my classroom won't be filled with inspirational kittens meant to encourage AP students. It will be filled with eighth notes which have faces on them, teaching kids the meaning of 3/4 time. My classroom will be filled with many instruments, meant to look exciting and encourage students to ask questions and learn about them. I will have pianos, guitars, keyboards, violins, and more instruments than I would probably want to count. I will have file cabinets filled with music which has been lovingly and painstakingly alphabetically sorted. I want my classroom to feel fun, to feel exciting, but most of all, I want my classroom to be a safe haven for students who want to  learn how to explore their lives through music. 

That is the most important thing that I want to accomplish in my years as a teacher: to teach students that world of emotions that can be, and often is, music. Not every kid is going to take to music as I have. I understand that. But my goal as a teacher is going to be to show students the wonderful world that music opens you up to. Not every student is going to be the next Chris Martin, or Carrie Underwood, but my goal is to teach students a talent that can help them their whole life long. 

Now, that may seem awfully ambitious for a 19 year old only one year into her degree, but I think I can do it. I will graduate from Boise State University in three years, and I will go on to teach elementary music to an underprivileged school in Idaho using the Idaho Loan Forgiveness Program. Eventually I will come back to get my masters, probably while teaching, and I will move up to teaching high school. 

The future is always scary and exciting at the same time. But as of this moment, I'm really excited about mine.