First lesson back after Easter I'm greeted by one smiling pupil

"Hello Mrs X, did you go to the Pope's funeral?"

Er.....no actually.

One of my six year old pupils had watched the Pope's funeral on tv and asked me 'why did the men carry him in a wardrobe?' !!
I really don't know....

My newest pupil surveyed my baby grand piano somewhat suspiciously at his first lesson last Sat, and then asked 'Is it electric?' Golden opportunity to explain the workings of the grand piano. And as for those pedals.. He was hooked!

QUOTE (noodle @ Apr 13 2005, 11:49 AM)

One of my six year old pupils had watched the Pope's funeral on tv and asked me 'why did the men carry him in a wardrobe?' !! I really don't know....

One of my pupils at school today came with this joke (apolologies to any Catholics here)

Q "What's brown and half-eaten?"

A "The Pope's easter egg."


Sorry!

Violinia

One of my new 6 year old pupils asked me today why the piano has three brakes!!!
His mother is a driving instructor and has a dual control car which he apparently is fascinated with.

I had an e-mail from one pupil last week to say she couldn't attend the first two lessons this term. According to her, she had been on holiday to Cambodia and was therefore short of money as she'd given lots away to the poor!!!
David

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!
(to dcmbarton)

Not a question - so slightly off-topic - just a comment about her son by a mum phoning up to ask about music lessons this evening...

"he's got a musical background"...

"oh yes..."

"he enjoyed playing with his toy piano when he was a baby."



Maggie

Lovely comment from 7 year old who's just finished his tutor book and is ready to move onto grade 1 standard pieces-, asking if he could play some music by 'people who are dead'-I think he means I need to find him some proper music by Mozart and Beethoven--

QUOTE (maggiemay @ Apr 27 2005, 09:01 PM)

"he's got a musical background"... "he enjoyed playing with his toy piano when he was a baby."

I'm sure you were so relieved to hear that Maggie!

funny you should say that....the same kid that asked me if I went to the Pope's funeral asked me this week if I knew any dead people "because if you do you can put a curse on other people you don't like"!!!!


Not entirely sure where this one is coming from but it may be "how do I avoid actually having to play the violin in this lesson" land

I was teaching this afternoon for a colleague who is ill. One of the 7 year old beginners asked why there was a spot after the minim in the last bar. Hopefully his teacher will be back before he comes across a spotted crotchet!!

Erm... not quite in the same class I know.. but this week I got 'Can I go to my mum now?' from a 6 year old.

wonder whether it was something I said. I never scared anyone off before... even when I tried really hard .

Many years ago....had a tiny student aged 4 dropped off for a lesson by granny, normally her mum brought her and stayed but mum was ill this week. The lesson went well until the doorbell rang and the tiny student dropped her violin and hurled herself at the front door shouting "Granny! Granny! Save me! Save me!"

I still teach this lovely girl, now aged 13 and love embarassing her by relating the tale of her Drama Queen debut.

Gosh! A 4 year old learning the violin, I thought some of mine were young at 6.

That reminds me of one of my young piano students. I always tell them to wait inside the door until their parents collect them. One day this particular girl was still waiting 20 minutes after her lesson had ended. This was unusual as her mum always collected her promptly. Her granny arrived at the door and said she had been waiting outside since the lesson started. I asked her did she not see her granny and she replied 'Yes, but you told me to wait for my mum!!' She would have had a long wait - her mum was in London for a course.

Yesterday one of my 7 year old piano students arrived for his lesson and my cat was sleeping beside the piano. 'Is it a man cat or a lady cat?' he asked. I told him he was a man cat, hoping that would be the end of it. 'How do you know?' was the next question. I thought ######! So I told him it was a man cat because he has big long whiskers - and made him get on with his work before he could ask anything else!

Noodle

You should have said it's because his name is Tom. I used to have 2 grey cats and 2 black cats,but now got kids instead!

Update on the The Corrs.It appears our British library havs had to fork out for the CD.I feel pretty awful as I would have bought it myself if I had known.It's currently going through "procedures".

Mr Hazlewood doesn't wish to leave me. Having done the furniture swopping thing,I opened up my old CD player now in eldest's room to discover CD no1 still in it. Oh dear! I didn't do it on purpose.I have informed the library and I'm returning it tomorrow. It's not worth keeping.

Now retiring to bed singing The Cat Song,Hinge & Brackett style,purring softly as I go.

Creosoted the fence today...well one side!

I often hear incidental rather than accidental! A purely natural misunderstanding.But I must go sharpish now as I might be flattened by Hermann as he is asking for a double!

I just said the first thing I could think of that would have avoided an awkward situation! The cat will not be attending Adam's piano lessons in future!!

Don't worry about the CD. I'm sure it will be a popular investment for the library.

QUOTE (noodle @ May 6 2005, 07:55 PM)

Don't worry about the CD. I'm sure it will be a popular investment for the library.

Yes...I wish they would hurry up though and phone me! I returned the other CD today.The lady thanked me for returning it so promptly.I expected to be fined,but wasn't.

erm.. you know it's a boy cat because when you shake it , it rattles.....
that's what my mum used to tell me anyway...

QUOTE (Semele @ May 5 2005, 11:03 PM)

Hi Semele!
How did you do that?
Hope you don't have to wait too much longer for the CD.

Sbhoa, if you tried to shake my cat he would scratch and bite...

I had a good one today. My 15 year old singing pupil, on viewing that a song was by John Rutter, promptly replied "He's that one that does Miss Saigon ain't he"
David

I heard from a colleague about a 7 year old boy preparing for his grade 1 piano exam. Martin proudly told his teacher that he was, "Working towards getting an Extinction."

Happily, I don't think he secceeded.

What about this term's best answer? One of my 8 year old grade 1 piano students today was ignoring the dynamics in 'Das Echo'. 'Matthew, do you know what an echo is?' I asked thinking it might help him. 'Yes' he replied, 'its a chocolate biscuit' - and he was serious!!