Thursday, April 1, 2010

I'm Not Sure How This Happened

But I have been designated a piano teacher. You might be thinking, "Kirstin, I didn't know you played the piano." Well I don't. On Thursday evenings my ward offers homework help to kids of a nearby Spanish-speaking ward that has many non-English speaking parents so they have trouble helping their children with their school work. Normally I help first-graders with spelling, which I can do mostly. Last week they could not find someone to teach the piano and I made the mistake of saying I rememebered enough from my two years of lessons when I was younger to help the little boy who wanted to practice. This week I was assigned two new piano pupils. One girl was a beginner and I helped her through several songs in the practice book. The next girl pulled out a church hymn book and flipped to a song she was working on. She struggled through the first verse then turned around and looked at me with a frown. I half smiled back with a look that said, "Yeah I know that sounded nothing like I am a Child of God, but I don't know how to help you." Maybe next week I'll be helping kids play Mozart. (Did he even write piano music?)

2 comments:

Courtney Kay said...

Wait. Are you serious?

Nathan and Whitney Tanner said...

haha that's awesome! Good luck!