Today I can't shake the feeling that I should have gotten a BA and/or MA of music or music teaching or piano.
But I didn't.
I always said, "I know enough to teach without a degree." But how much more effective I would be if I had learned more!! Sure I know enough to teach up to high intermediate, but I don't know how good or effective I really am. I often wonder if I'm doing my more advanced students much good.
And though it's not too late, it would be fairly impossible to do while living here. One day maybe. One day.
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I DIDN'T KNOW THAT! YOU DID GO TO BYU RIGHT? WHAT IS YOUR DEGREE IN? NOT TO LATE..I STARTED MY DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAM WHEN JADA WAS 10 MONTHS OLD! KILLED ME!
ok, my sister has her bachelors in music performance (not piano), but she plays great and even writes music and such. But has her JD and is an attorney. And her kids take piano lessons, but not from her. It's too hard to teach your own kids, but she has taught others before and i'll ask her if her bachelors degree had helped her while teaching or not. and then it will save you LOTS of time and $$! :)
My degree is in Marriage, Family, and Human Development. I did go to BYU. If I had a degree I could charge more. And I'd have more knowledge to draw from.
I totally know the feeling. I always wish that I had changed my major to Accounting. I ended up working in finance anyway and although I'm very capable of doing bookkeeping from home, I would be much more employable if I had an accounting degree.
correction: if I had a *music* degree I could charge more.
celia, i spoke with my sister and she said it probably wouldn't be worth it to take all the music classes you would need to take, but if you're just looking for different ideas or more teaching skills she did suggest just going to a college and taking piano lessons from a professor and learning that way instead of paying for about 3 more years of college. Just something to think about.
If it's any consolation, the music program at BYU is a killer to get into and extremely competitive once you are in. I came to the conclusion that I either had to do a non-music degree, go to somewhere besides BYU, or take at least an extra year of private lessons to get into the 4-year program which would have put me behind a year. I decided to stay at BYU and do a non-music major, and I have been SO HAPPY that I stayed and got my education there. I did still take piano from the amazing professors there, and hopefully someday I will take more classes from a community college or something to learn more theory.
Also, as I have had more kids, I have been way less interested in teaching a lot of piano lessons. I think that mom made it work with an enclosed living room/studio really well, but I have hated trying to shoo my kids away or get babysitters or keep them in the basement while I teach. My education degree has actually been a lot more helpful with my kids, and I don't think that I would have enjoyed studying music in such a high pressure situation.
But yes, someday, someday!
Oh, the many times I've said the very same thing, only make that an English/editing degree instead of an History teaching/English teaching degree. I learned a lot at BYU, and I did enjoy my declared major. I only discovered too late that I really don't so much like teaching.
Maybe someday I'll go back to school. Who knows.
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