Frustration

I am typically a very optimistic person. But the past week has really gotten me down, and I don't like it! It seems like nobody practices, nobody cares, nobody wants anything to do with piano. Yesterday, I had a student show up for his fifth lesson. I have had him playing Oh When the Saints Go Marching In since the first time he came. Every week, he was supposed to learn it in a new key. He has only learned it in 2 because he still doesn't know how the song goes! I was about to lose my patience with him yesterday. Instead, this was me throughout the lesson: 

I had plans for last night, and I had to drag myself into my car to go because I was just so down from the lessons this past week! It was terrible! I don't teach on Tuesdays because my schedule conflicts with everyone else's. I am so glad I have the day off to just kind of relax and get my head on straight before I have to deal with another student who most likely didn't practice. I don't ask much of them! I really don't! Now I know how my math teacher felt when he would randomly collect homework and only 4 people did it. I felt bad getting lectured for not doing my homework. I feel worse on the other side! This anger may be unwarranted because I wasn't the best at practicing the piano when I took lessons. But I practiced enough where I wasn't at the same place for 5 weeks! Okay, I'm sorry. I just needed to get the frustration out. And this blog is supposed to be a candid account of my journey with this project, right? I wouldn't be honest in saying that everything is going great and that there are no hitches to teaching. Teaching is hard.