In all my years of being in orchestra, I've never noticed much. To be honest, I'd just go into class and play my instrument (I play the violin just in case anyone is wondering). Every single day would be the same routine. I didn't mind, I love rehearsals but now things have changed.
These past two weeks I've been taking my time to observe my orchestra class. I think it's safe to say that I've discovered a lot. To start, I noticed how loud my class is! It's pretty annoying now that I've noticed it. I should probably mention that I'm observing my Freshmen orchestra class. Now, I'm not saying that freshmen are loud and obnoxious but they just won't shut up! What I find interesting is that they get louder throughout the week. On Monday they're moderately quiet but as soon as Friday comes around, everything is ten times louder. Before I wouldn't have noticed how much talking goes on in that class. Even my teacher is out and about socializing before class starts. "Ames is 'interacting.'" (Observation notes, 9/23)
Now that I've touched on the subject of my teacher, let me describe him a bit. He's tall, lanky, blond, and awkward but not the weird awkward, the funny awkward. He's also very "calm and patient." (Observation notes, 9/15) I haven't really noticed anything about him that I haven't noticed before so I'll make sure to observe him some more next week.
I love that you noticed the class gets louder as the week progresses. I think that might be true of all classes. I'm going to watch. Great use of field-notes.
ReplyDeleteThe thought of observing an orchestra class is really intriguing. I liked how you described your teacher and how you included how loud the class gets throughout the week. Your blog is wonderful and entertaining.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you picked to observe your orchestra class. It reminded me when I used to played it give me a lot of memories. I loved the way how you described the freshman and how loud they get I feel you on that one. Your blog is great love the details.
ReplyDeleteI really like the detail about Mr. Ames. Its subtle but gives a good image of who he is still.
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