People keep asking what's new...
Apr. 30th, 2020 02:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
garnigalVV took an online group piano lesson. The teacher wanted to get everyone to know each other and comfortable sharing yadda yadda, so she asked 'what's new?'
Really? First off - kids. They don't answer that question at the best of times. Second off - nothing. Nothing is new, Emilee (yes, two ees). The kids are bored and miss the park and their friends and even school, but that isn't new. That's just... how it is now.
The lessons were interesting. I sat in with VV to help keep her focused, to manage the tech and to help translate older kids/teacher into 7 year old understanding. She did well, as long as we fed her in advance. Some other kids walked away halfway through, refused to participate (she was 14, if she didn't want to participate she shouldn't have logged in). There were a lot of long pauses which drove VV nuts. It was a free trial though, testing what options there are.
I think we'll try 1 on 1 online lessons with Emilee (even though she has two ees), and hope that lets VV progress without the annoyance of waiting. She's also ready for a more challenging instruction book.
Really? First off - kids. They don't answer that question at the best of times. Second off - nothing. Nothing is new, Emilee (yes, two ees). The kids are bored and miss the park and their friends and even school, but that isn't new. That's just... how it is now.
The lessons were interesting. I sat in with VV to help keep her focused, to manage the tech and to help translate older kids/teacher into 7 year old understanding. She did well, as long as we fed her in advance. Some other kids walked away halfway through, refused to participate (she was 14, if she didn't want to participate she shouldn't have logged in). There were a lot of long pauses which drove VV nuts. It was a free trial though, testing what options there are.
I think we'll try 1 on 1 online lessons with Emilee (even though she has two ees), and hope that lets VV progress without the annoyance of waiting. She's also ready for a more challenging instruction book.
