Music, part I

I remember my Grade One teacher, Mrs. McKenzie. I don't remember a whole lot about Grade One, except that we sang, and sang, and sang as she played the piano. There were actually three pianos in our elementary school, and more than enough teachers to play them. So you can well imagine what that school sounded like sometimes with three pianos and three or more classes singing or dancing or stomping.

I remember well another teacher, forget her name, but she played the guitar. She was fresh from teacher school, college, or whatever it was called. We sang the songs of the day--- We Shall Overcome, If I had a Hammer, Blowing in the Wind, Where Have all the Flowers Gone? and One Tin Soldier--- tells you a bit about the time I was in school and, I think, says something about her attitudes towards life.

If we want to be memorable to our students, why can it not be because of what we do to expose our students to music?

More on this subject later.