Deep Kids
I love it when my students inspire me. I always start classes with gimmicks, I clown around, put on a little shtick to win them over and then I go in for the kill with the deep stuff. Today I was in a grade six class, talking in a southern accent about country and how the electric guitar changed music forever. Then I asked them to think of comparisons in life, and many of them mentioned musicians like Michael Jackson and Skrillex, then a boy, who had been having a bad day so far, said cigarettes. I wondered about how that may have played a roll in his bad mood and I loved his answer. He got it. A kid sitting in front of him slammed his idea because it had nothing to do with music, and I saw the great divide in minds and spirits right there. It's so amazing to me when I walk into a class and see depth in someone beyond the years that present themselves, sitting behind their book-covered desk. Those kids stand out, you can almost tell right away, it's in their eyes.