Wheeeeeewwww.... I am so glad it is Friday.
This week was great but SO crazy. I had Glee Club auditions and was at school every night until 7 or later. Vocal auditions were Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and dance callbacks were today. I got to be bosom buddies with our custodians, Glen and Clem. So many talented kids auditioned- about 80... had to narrow it down to 30. Ended up with 33- 11 boys and 22 girls. Each boy has 2 dance partners.
Lots of drama this week (as always when you're working with hormonal chipmunks from outer space)... but things ended on a wonderful note. I played a rhythm review game with each of the choirs and brought candy for the winning teams. We ran our fall concert songs.... most of which are nearly concert ready. I may need to add another song to keep them busy... possibly a combined number? In the last ten minutes, I let the kids watch some of my favorite scenes from "Singin' in the Rain" while I passed out papers. They LOVED Donald O'Connor in "Make 'Em Laugh". I've never seen them so hypnotized by a movie---even when I let them watch Shrek last week. The class that won the free day today wanted to watch my high school's version of "Singin'" in which I played Kathy, the lead female. Their reactions were hysterical: "Ms. Taylor-- I didn't know you could sing! I didn't know you could dance! Is that REALLY you? You were so much prettier then!" Thanks, guys. Gotta love middle school.
The "class gotcha" reward system is still working pretty well. I am afraid my seventh grade classes might give up in a couple of weeks, though. They always lose by a mile because their class as a whole is SO rough. Lots of behavior issues. Lots of special needs. As I said before, it doesn't even work to move them because they can't stand to sit by anyone. Several kids have notes from their parents saying that they're not allowed to sit by certain students. Several kids have to sit near me or near the front of the room. It makes shuffling things around rather tricky. Hoping that I can finally find a seating chart that works and keep them motivated to win.
One last thing-- created a website for the choir this week. It's so cool! Here's the link. Check it out!
http://www.eschool.henderson.kyschools.us/laurentaylor/
Friday, August 26, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Ten Minutes at a Time...
This week went MUCH better. We spent all Monday going over a power point about my "great expectations" for choir this year. Students had a bell-ringer about how one person's choices can affect an entire team. We talked a lot about what it takes to be a successful choir. I started a new positive behavior system where the kids get a "class gotcha" for every ten minutes they go without anyone getting a warning and without me having to quiet them down or fight to hold their focus. The class with the most gotchas on Friday wins a "Chill Friday". I will bring in movies that they can pick from and a bunch of candy. They don't have to sit in their assigned seats, and they can also finish their homework for the weekend. Each day, I let the first kid who asks be the "timekeeper." This student watches the clock and crashes together some toy cymbals at the end of every ten-minute chunk. I give the time-keeper a thumbs-up if we made it, and he/she can put a tally up on the board.Class gotchas are tallied on a four-foot tall chalkboard that I set right in front of the piano. At all times, they can see which class is in the lead and how many more gotchas they need to win. The competition was stiff all week, and two classes ended up tying for the win: a sixth grade class and an eighth grade class. No surprise that seventh grade was quite a few tallies behind.
Highlights of the week:
1. I still have a voice today because I didn't talk over a single class this week. (Yay, class gotchas!)
2. I managed to connect with a student who was causing a lot of behavior problems. I wrote her up last week, and she came to me to apologize. She loves choir and is a fantastic singer, but she can have a terrible attitude. We worked out a deal on Monday: If she could show me a marked improvement in attitude and participation by Friday, I would let her switch her assigned seat to be by her friends (who I had purposefully moved her away from.) Worked like a CHARM. She finally started using her powerful voice and queen bee personality to be a positive leader instead of a negative leader. I gave her extra responsibilities in class and let her run some errands for me. In the midst of our deal, we connected and she learned that she actually really loves choir. Now she is signed up for the glee club. She wants to continue to be a leader so that I will put her in the group. Woohoo!
3. I had my first "walk through" observation this week. A big shot from district came into my classroom at the beginning of seventh period (danger! danger! seventh grade!) and watched me teach a theory lesson. He came back today to deliver his comments-- all of which were positive! He said that he loved the way I was asking kids to "think" about music. Apparently the kids were all engaged and focused. I would argue that this is a bit of a stretch. I have a handful of kiddos that I know had glazed-over eyes. But hey, I'll take it! I also, luckily, had done everything district had asked (no matter how time consuming or ridiculous.) I wrote every "target" (learning goals/standards) on the board and had another portion designated for vocab... Seriously, there was no room for me to write after I had everything that I was required to have on the board up. I think that this was really what he was there to look for.
4. I broke up a girl fight today.
5. I had a lot of meaningful conversations with my sixth grade homeroom about bullying and the excitements/woes of middle school. They are so cute!
6. I had another twenty kids sign up for glee. I started signing up two kids for every ten minute slot because I really have no more time left. Next week is going to be so crazy!
Starting to think that I can actually do this. How can I actually be three weeks in to my first year of teaching?
Highlights of the week:
1. I still have a voice today because I didn't talk over a single class this week. (Yay, class gotchas!)
2. I managed to connect with a student who was causing a lot of behavior problems. I wrote her up last week, and she came to me to apologize. She loves choir and is a fantastic singer, but she can have a terrible attitude. We worked out a deal on Monday: If she could show me a marked improvement in attitude and participation by Friday, I would let her switch her assigned seat to be by her friends (who I had purposefully moved her away from.) Worked like a CHARM. She finally started using her powerful voice and queen bee personality to be a positive leader instead of a negative leader. I gave her extra responsibilities in class and let her run some errands for me. In the midst of our deal, we connected and she learned that she actually really loves choir. Now she is signed up for the glee club. She wants to continue to be a leader so that I will put her in the group. Woohoo!
3. I had my first "walk through" observation this week. A big shot from district came into my classroom at the beginning of seventh period (danger! danger! seventh grade!) and watched me teach a theory lesson. He came back today to deliver his comments-- all of which were positive! He said that he loved the way I was asking kids to "think" about music. Apparently the kids were all engaged and focused. I would argue that this is a bit of a stretch. I have a handful of kiddos that I know had glazed-over eyes. But hey, I'll take it! I also, luckily, had done everything district had asked (no matter how time consuming or ridiculous.) I wrote every "target" (learning goals/standards) on the board and had another portion designated for vocab... Seriously, there was no room for me to write after I had everything that I was required to have on the board up. I think that this was really what he was there to look for.
4. I broke up a girl fight today.
5. I had a lot of meaningful conversations with my sixth grade homeroom about bullying and the excitements/woes of middle school. They are so cute!
6. I had another twenty kids sign up for glee. I started signing up two kids for every ten minute slot because I really have no more time left. Next week is going to be so crazy!
Starting to think that I can actually do this. How can I actually be three weeks in to my first year of teaching?
Saturday, August 13, 2011
In like a lamb and out like a lion...
My first full week of school. It is hard to know where to begin because SO MUCH happened between Monday and Friday. We had Open House where I met the parents and learned why my students are the way they are. :-) There was a line outside my door that didn't die down all night. Everybody wanted to check out the new music teacher. Some had sweet things to say like, "My kid didn't think he'd like choir but now it's his favorite class!" or "She sang all last night and wanted to tell us everything she learned!". A couple of parents even said that their kids described me as "fashionable". Haha! Other parents wanted to tell me how the last choir teacher did things or tell me how to do my job. That part wasn't fun. At the end of the night, I was probably the most tired that I've ever been. I thought my face was going to crack in two from all the smiling.
In the classroom, we started the week learning new warm-ups, working on some simple part-singing canons, and talking about posture/breathing. The kids did a listening activity with the Jackson 5 song, "ABC", that they really liked. The kids were talkative and every class had one or two minor disruptions that I had to deal with, but most things went smoothly. If I told them to get quiet, they would. I got to know most everybody's names by Wednesday. On Thursday, we started our music for our first concert. I have the seventh and eighth graders already singing in three part harmony. My sixth grade classes are singing harmony in a round-style song. So exciting! The sixth graders were completely darling all week. I think I could teach them all day. They really make my job fun. It's like I can't believe I'm getting paid to teach them because it is so easy.
Then there's the upperclassmen. Our "honeymoon" period ended on Thursday. My seventh graders suddenly grew springs out of their butts and couldn't manage to hold themselves in their seats. They bickered with each other almost constantly and basically ignored me when I told them to get quiet. Moving seats did absolutely nothing. It's like no one in the seventh grade likes each other and can handle sitting by another student. They classes just don't mesh, so the whole "We're a team!" thing that I had going on did a giant belly flop. How can I get them to sing together if they won't even sit together? By mid-way through the period on Friday, I had had enough. I stopped my entire rehearsal to talk about how we can make our rehearsals function more efficiently. "Well... people shouldn't talk so much." Okay, so what should we do if "people" are talking? After much discussion, they eventually came to the conclusion that our classroom rules and consequences were fair. I should just be more strict about enforcing them. Apparently their old choir teacher was strict and they feel like that's what they need. They don't believe that I will actually follow through. "Okay... I can do that." So we resumed our rehearsal and I started giving warnings and minors and following through. TOTAL MUTINY. The kids went crazy. You see, it's one thing to say what should happen when "people" talk, but it's another thing entirely when "people" is YOU. They asked for strict and they got it. On the way out the door, I heard them muttering about how much they hate me now. I wanted to say, "You asked for it!"
My patience was already thin when my last eighth grade class of the day came in on Friday. Their rehearsal went well overall, but then we had to have a talk about what happens when the dismissal calls come. Our school dismisses bus riders by grade level. Traditionally, walkers and car riders are dismissed first before the students who ride busses. Yesterday, they forgot to make a call for walkers and car riders so I just dismissed those kids myself. All but two students got up and left. The two girls left said, "Um, half of those kids ride the busses." The kids had totally taken advantage of my kindness and that's something I just can't stand for. So Friday I told the kids that we would ALL wait until they dismissed the eighth grade because I can't trust them anymore. TOTAL MUTINY. "I have to go get ready for cheer practice! That's not fair! My Mom is going to call you! I have an appointment to get to! Blah Blah Blah!" And I said that I didn't care. Five minutes wasn't going to make or break them. We would all wait. I turned my back from the door to address a student who had smarted off in class about her attitude. As I sat to write her discipline notice, the students grabbed their books and crowded around the door, waiting for the 8th grade call to come. In the midst of the crowd, a few girls slipped out the open door and into the hallway. A fellow teacher caught them and I heard, "What are you doing out of the room?" My head flew up from the paperwork and I bee-lined for the door. Had someone really tried to sneak out of my classroom? Seriously? Yep. "Out of my way! Go back to your seats!" I cut through the sea of angry eighth grade girls and corralled everyone, including the offenders, back into the room. Without thinking, I slammed the door and screamed "SIT. DOWN!". I don't think I have ever made that big of a production in my life. I was even shocked that it happened. I went to my desk and quietly continued filling out the discipline notice. The classroom was completely silent. They called for the eighth grade dismissal and nobody moved. I continued writing for three-four minutes after the call and then walked into the hallway. I came back inside and very quietly said, "You are dismissed." The students filed out with their heads down and mouths shut. Holy crap. Oh and did I mention that the superintendent's daughter is in this class? Yep.
So my week came in like a lamb and out like a lion. I think we are going to spend all Monday talking about my expectations for the classroom. I am going to have to come up with a new system for my room, because the school's classroom management plan just isn't working for choir. They practically have to kill someone before they feel any consequences. They are all probably going to hate me next week, but I really don't care. The disrespectfulness that I witnessed on Thursday and Friday both from individual students and from the class as a whole just can't happen anymore.
On a bright note, I have had so many students interested in auditioning for my Glee Club that I had to make another additional day of audition time slots. I now have three days worth of ten-minute long auditions from after school until 7:00. That's almost eighty students auditioning for a group of 30. If the talent pool is strong enough, I'm considering creating two groups- an all-girls and a mixed group. I am pleased with the number of guys auditioning. Lots of really strong singers. I don't have tons of guys in the program overall, but each of them are extremely talented and dedicated. Exciting stuff.
This year might very well kill me. I will have someone observing me in my room just about every week from one facet of the school corp or another. I'm K-TIPping... which is essentially Kentucky's new teacher program that requires an obscene amount of busy work and additional observations. I am already over-committed when it comes to groups at school (my own darn fault) and I also volunteered to start helping with the music direction at my home church. I decided to keep a few private lessons students on the side. WHY WHY WHY do I always overcommit? Here I go again...
In the classroom, we started the week learning new warm-ups, working on some simple part-singing canons, and talking about posture/breathing. The kids did a listening activity with the Jackson 5 song, "ABC", that they really liked. The kids were talkative and every class had one or two minor disruptions that I had to deal with, but most things went smoothly. If I told them to get quiet, they would. I got to know most everybody's names by Wednesday. On Thursday, we started our music for our first concert. I have the seventh and eighth graders already singing in three part harmony. My sixth grade classes are singing harmony in a round-style song. So exciting! The sixth graders were completely darling all week. I think I could teach them all day. They really make my job fun. It's like I can't believe I'm getting paid to teach them because it is so easy.
Then there's the upperclassmen. Our "honeymoon" period ended on Thursday. My seventh graders suddenly grew springs out of their butts and couldn't manage to hold themselves in their seats. They bickered with each other almost constantly and basically ignored me when I told them to get quiet. Moving seats did absolutely nothing. It's like no one in the seventh grade likes each other and can handle sitting by another student. They classes just don't mesh, so the whole "We're a team!" thing that I had going on did a giant belly flop. How can I get them to sing together if they won't even sit together? By mid-way through the period on Friday, I had had enough. I stopped my entire rehearsal to talk about how we can make our rehearsals function more efficiently. "Well... people shouldn't talk so much." Okay, so what should we do if "people" are talking? After much discussion, they eventually came to the conclusion that our classroom rules and consequences were fair. I should just be more strict about enforcing them. Apparently their old choir teacher was strict and they feel like that's what they need. They don't believe that I will actually follow through. "Okay... I can do that." So we resumed our rehearsal and I started giving warnings and minors and following through. TOTAL MUTINY. The kids went crazy. You see, it's one thing to say what should happen when "people" talk, but it's another thing entirely when "people" is YOU. They asked for strict and they got it. On the way out the door, I heard them muttering about how much they hate me now. I wanted to say, "You asked for it!"
My patience was already thin when my last eighth grade class of the day came in on Friday. Their rehearsal went well overall, but then we had to have a talk about what happens when the dismissal calls come. Our school dismisses bus riders by grade level. Traditionally, walkers and car riders are dismissed first before the students who ride busses. Yesterday, they forgot to make a call for walkers and car riders so I just dismissed those kids myself. All but two students got up and left. The two girls left said, "Um, half of those kids ride the busses." The kids had totally taken advantage of my kindness and that's something I just can't stand for. So Friday I told the kids that we would ALL wait until they dismissed the eighth grade because I can't trust them anymore. TOTAL MUTINY. "I have to go get ready for cheer practice! That's not fair! My Mom is going to call you! I have an appointment to get to! Blah Blah Blah!" And I said that I didn't care. Five minutes wasn't going to make or break them. We would all wait. I turned my back from the door to address a student who had smarted off in class about her attitude. As I sat to write her discipline notice, the students grabbed their books and crowded around the door, waiting for the 8th grade call to come. In the midst of the crowd, a few girls slipped out the open door and into the hallway. A fellow teacher caught them and I heard, "What are you doing out of the room?" My head flew up from the paperwork and I bee-lined for the door. Had someone really tried to sneak out of my classroom? Seriously? Yep. "Out of my way! Go back to your seats!" I cut through the sea of angry eighth grade girls and corralled everyone, including the offenders, back into the room. Without thinking, I slammed the door and screamed "SIT. DOWN!". I don't think I have ever made that big of a production in my life. I was even shocked that it happened. I went to my desk and quietly continued filling out the discipline notice. The classroom was completely silent. They called for the eighth grade dismissal and nobody moved. I continued writing for three-four minutes after the call and then walked into the hallway. I came back inside and very quietly said, "You are dismissed." The students filed out with their heads down and mouths shut. Holy crap. Oh and did I mention that the superintendent's daughter is in this class? Yep.
So my week came in like a lamb and out like a lion. I think we are going to spend all Monday talking about my expectations for the classroom. I am going to have to come up with a new system for my room, because the school's classroom management plan just isn't working for choir. They practically have to kill someone before they feel any consequences. They are all probably going to hate me next week, but I really don't care. The disrespectfulness that I witnessed on Thursday and Friday both from individual students and from the class as a whole just can't happen anymore.
On a bright note, I have had so many students interested in auditioning for my Glee Club that I had to make another additional day of audition time slots. I now have three days worth of ten-minute long auditions from after school until 7:00. That's almost eighty students auditioning for a group of 30. If the talent pool is strong enough, I'm considering creating two groups- an all-girls and a mixed group. I am pleased with the number of guys auditioning. Lots of really strong singers. I don't have tons of guys in the program overall, but each of them are extremely talented and dedicated. Exciting stuff.
This year might very well kill me. I will have someone observing me in my room just about every week from one facet of the school corp or another. I'm K-TIPping... which is essentially Kentucky's new teacher program that requires an obscene amount of busy work and additional observations. I am already over-committed when it comes to groups at school (my own darn fault) and I also volunteered to start helping with the music direction at my home church. I decided to keep a few private lessons students on the side. WHY WHY WHY do I always overcommit? Here I go again...
Sunday, August 7, 2011
First two days of school!
Well, I survived my first two days of school. Here's a brief synopsis:
Day One:
I had early morning duty in the gym and watched in anticipation as the bleachers filled with kids that might be in my class. I tried to guess which ones were choir kids and which had probably opted to take something else. No major discipline issues that I had to address because the kids were all on their best behavior for the first day. Then the bell rang and they headed to their first period classes to hear the school rules read aloud until lunchtime. That's right-- the poor kids had to stay in the same room going over the dress code, code of conduct, and forms that needed to be returned for three hours. I assisted a teacher upstairs as I don't have a first period class. She had a bunch of sixth graders who couldn't work their locker combinations. So cute. I helped them assemble their locker shelves and hang up their mirrors inside... the important stuff, you know.
The kids eventually got to move on to their third period class which means I began my teaching career with a room full of seventh graders. These seventh graders are supposedly the most difficult class that the school has ever seen. I can understand why my colleagues felt the need to warn me. Even on the first day of school, before I'd even read our classroom rules, these kids were going bat-sh** crazy. They talked and talked and talked and talked while one kid ran circles around his seat. As soon as I would get them quiet and somewhat focused, the door would open and in would come a late student. Or, the bell would ring and they would think it was time to go even though it wasn't. At one point, all the teachers dismissed the students because we thought it was *finally* the real bell and then they made us call them all back into our rooms. No one knew the schedule for the day, so I had no idea if I had another 2 minutes or another 20 minutes with the kids. I ended up scrapping my lesson plan and letting them socialize. I had really good intentions of actually warming them up and teaching them a silly song, but there was no way I was going to get them back after all of the interruptions. We would start anew the next day.
I have decided that sixth graders are my favorite. They are still so respectful of their teachers and so excited to be in school. None of my sixth graders have ever sang in a choir before and many of them didn't have any kind of music in elementary school. When I teach them a silly warm-up, they giggle the whole time. After class, they come up and want to give you a hug and tell you that you are their favorite teacher. If I could teach sixth grade all day, I totally would. I can't wait to start music with this bunch.
Seventh graders test my patience. End of story.
Eighth graders are too cool. They're going to make me prove myself. They're constantly telling me the way that their old teacher did things, and they argue with me about just about everything. I have some really great kids in the eighth grade but I also have some kids that straight up told me they hate choir and are in my class for an "easy A". When I announced that we would actually be having a little bit of homework and taking some tests/quizzes, there was mutiny. The only thing that will save me with the eighth graders is that, eventually, they will realize I know what I am doing and take my side. I made the announcement that I am starting an after-school glee club and won many of them over. The kids are obsessed with the show, "Glee", and ask me questions about auditioning every chance they get. I hope the new opportunities make up for their distaste of my occasional homework assignments.
Day Two:
Went much better. Once I got the seventh graders back on schedule, they were a lot easier to manage. Sixth grade classes went so well today that I almost cried in the middle of class. I've never had a group of kids hang on my every word like this. They are so hungry to learn and so excited about music. Eighth grade was a little more talkative today. They're going to hate me on Monday when I start actually enforcing our classroom rules. After I reviewed my policy on disruptions, one girl commented, "You're tough!". Supposedly, this is what I want them to think, though. I'll start out tough and then pull back.
I have one boy in my eighth period choir. I had four boys, but two dropped and one moved to the other class to be with other boys. This boy in particular wants to be in my class because he wants to be with his girlfriend. It pisses me off because I could have an all-girls choir. I may have another chat with the counselor about this...
I taught each of my classes a part-singing canon today called "Fish and Chips." They thought it was a lot of fun, and they actually got to do some singing on the second day of school! I also taught them some more warm-ups, a posture rhyme, and discussed good singing posture. When I got each of the choirs sitting up, they looked absolutely fabulous. These kids definitely have potential. I am really excited for this year.
This next week we'll be doing voice placements Monday-Wednesday. On Thursday, I am starting new music. Woohoo! I think I am most nervous about handling the talking situation. It is difficult for me to find a good balance between good cop and bad cop. I'll let you know how it goes!
Day One:
I had early morning duty in the gym and watched in anticipation as the bleachers filled with kids that might be in my class. I tried to guess which ones were choir kids and which had probably opted to take something else. No major discipline issues that I had to address because the kids were all on their best behavior for the first day. Then the bell rang and they headed to their first period classes to hear the school rules read aloud until lunchtime. That's right-- the poor kids had to stay in the same room going over the dress code, code of conduct, and forms that needed to be returned for three hours. I assisted a teacher upstairs as I don't have a first period class. She had a bunch of sixth graders who couldn't work their locker combinations. So cute. I helped them assemble their locker shelves and hang up their mirrors inside... the important stuff, you know.
The kids eventually got to move on to their third period class which means I began my teaching career with a room full of seventh graders. These seventh graders are supposedly the most difficult class that the school has ever seen. I can understand why my colleagues felt the need to warn me. Even on the first day of school, before I'd even read our classroom rules, these kids were going bat-sh** crazy. They talked and talked and talked and talked while one kid ran circles around his seat. As soon as I would get them quiet and somewhat focused, the door would open and in would come a late student. Or, the bell would ring and they would think it was time to go even though it wasn't. At one point, all the teachers dismissed the students because we thought it was *finally* the real bell and then they made us call them all back into our rooms. No one knew the schedule for the day, so I had no idea if I had another 2 minutes or another 20 minutes with the kids. I ended up scrapping my lesson plan and letting them socialize. I had really good intentions of actually warming them up and teaching them a silly song, but there was no way I was going to get them back after all of the interruptions. We would start anew the next day.
I have decided that sixth graders are my favorite. They are still so respectful of their teachers and so excited to be in school. None of my sixth graders have ever sang in a choir before and many of them didn't have any kind of music in elementary school. When I teach them a silly warm-up, they giggle the whole time. After class, they come up and want to give you a hug and tell you that you are their favorite teacher. If I could teach sixth grade all day, I totally would. I can't wait to start music with this bunch.
Seventh graders test my patience. End of story.
Eighth graders are too cool. They're going to make me prove myself. They're constantly telling me the way that their old teacher did things, and they argue with me about just about everything. I have some really great kids in the eighth grade but I also have some kids that straight up told me they hate choir and are in my class for an "easy A". When I announced that we would actually be having a little bit of homework and taking some tests/quizzes, there was mutiny. The only thing that will save me with the eighth graders is that, eventually, they will realize I know what I am doing and take my side. I made the announcement that I am starting an after-school glee club and won many of them over. The kids are obsessed with the show, "Glee", and ask me questions about auditioning every chance they get. I hope the new opportunities make up for their distaste of my occasional homework assignments.
Day Two:
Went much better. Once I got the seventh graders back on schedule, they were a lot easier to manage. Sixth grade classes went so well today that I almost cried in the middle of class. I've never had a group of kids hang on my every word like this. They are so hungry to learn and so excited about music. Eighth grade was a little more talkative today. They're going to hate me on Monday when I start actually enforcing our classroom rules. After I reviewed my policy on disruptions, one girl commented, "You're tough!". Supposedly, this is what I want them to think, though. I'll start out tough and then pull back.
I have one boy in my eighth period choir. I had four boys, but two dropped and one moved to the other class to be with other boys. This boy in particular wants to be in my class because he wants to be with his girlfriend. It pisses me off because I could have an all-girls choir. I may have another chat with the counselor about this...
I taught each of my classes a part-singing canon today called "Fish and Chips." They thought it was a lot of fun, and they actually got to do some singing on the second day of school! I also taught them some more warm-ups, a posture rhyme, and discussed good singing posture. When I got each of the choirs sitting up, they looked absolutely fabulous. These kids definitely have potential. I am really excited for this year.
This next week we'll be doing voice placements Monday-Wednesday. On Thursday, I am starting new music. Woohoo! I think I am most nervous about handling the talking situation. It is difficult for me to find a good balance between good cop and bad cop. I'll let you know how it goes!
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