The topic this week required us to write a speech as if we were Juniors giving advice to our little sister class. I admit that I cheated a little bit. I simply traveled into the future, listened to myself give advice to a class full of Freshmen, wrote it down, and then posted it as this week's blog. Genius, if I do say so myself. Wait, is that plagiarism if they're ideas I haven't thought of yet? Oh well.
Hello, you tiny minions...I mean bright, young little sisters. I have been brought in to speak to you because I am an expert. An expert on what? No questions, please! I'm sure that now you are in college, your cute little brains are overloading on all the new experiences you're... experiencing. Don't worry, mine did too. My first few weeks at Converse I did things like forget to do homework, forget to get up in the morning, forget to go to class, forget I even had a class... and you know what? It turned out okay. I just had to make myself not stop trying even though I was completely mortified that I had overslept two hours for the second time (Don't look at me like that, I was sick). You know the key to not oversleeping, and not getting sick? Sleep when you're supposed to, no matter how attractive the new episode of Whatever Tv Show Kids Watch These Days is. And don't start watching an awesome new series right before something important like a test or a recital. It doesn't end well.
Do you know what's just as important as sleep? Don't raise your hand, it was a rhetorical question. It's practice, and not just practicing so your lesson teacher won't yell at you. You need to practice your musicianship skills, like hearing different intervals and reading rhythms. If you don't, you will have no idea what's happening in class. Also, if you take piano, practice that too! I don't care how good you are at reading music, there isn't enough time in class to get all the way through an entire unit before it's your turn to play for Dr. Weeks.
Well, there's everything I learned from my mistakes laid out for you so you can ignore me, make the same mistakes, and then try to teach your future Littles how to avoid self-inflicted suffering their Freshman year. But I suppose part of learning is figuring it out for yourself.
P.S: Bacon is good.
I loved this! You gave good advice and everything was well covered. and thank you for talking about practicing!!!!! It is very very important.:) PS. I love bacon too
ReplyDeleteThis is a fun entry, Hannah. You are able to be entertaining while still meeting the requirements of the assignment, which is fantastic. We'll be doing some creative writing assignments in the Spring Term, and I have a hunch that you'll enjoy them. You give good advice. And I'm glad that you see the necessity of picking yourself up when you fail and just keeping on keeping on. It's the most important thing a musician can learn, on every level you can think of.
ReplyDeleteOh, and by the way. I heard on NPR yesterday that there was the possibility of a world-wide bacon shortage because various droughts are making it difficult to raise pigs. But then I heard on NPR this morning that it's not that drastic, and that the only thing that will happen is that bacon prices will rise slightly. They suggested stockpiling bacon in your freezer. :-)
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