For the past week, I was help teaching at the Eastern Washington University Jazz Camp. It was a blast! I met so many people and made even more new friends. I helped teach a theory class which also tested my knowledge and even learn some presentation methods in teaching.
This camp was also a huge motivational booster. It exposed gaps in my knowledge of jazz that I realized I definitely needed to work on. Throughout the camp, I wrote goals, inspirational sayings, and even some practice techniques and methods to further my knowledge in Jazz. I've only been seriously studying Jazz for about 2 1/2 years. I have improved a lot but I would like to sky rocket this year.
Another thing I noticed is....kids. That was my job was to watch and help kids. There were some absolute fantastically well-behaved and talented kids. A handful of kids were little shits but what can ya do, right? Throwing them off a cliff would be impractical.... Kidding ;-) You just bite the bullet and keep going with what you need to do. I was thinking a lot about a career in teaching this past week. I would strive to be a great teacher but again I can't really decide if that's what I want to do. Maybe for a couple of years I might give it a shot. Who knows? There isn't any point in stressing myself out about which career I need to pick forever. Right now, I'm just getting back on my feet and enjoying whatever journey I take. =)
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