From starting to play the violin to the day I quit, was less than 3 months. I didn’t care enough to stick around. There was plenty to learn, progress to be made, but not enough desire to see it through.
“It’s so unfair. My violin was too fiddly for me.”
“My teacher didn’t like me.”
“Music is stupid.”
I don’t regret not learning to play the violin.
I do regret not learning about skill acquisition. From understanding the probability of success to the design of the game I was playing. It would have made each interaction with skill development a little easier.
Music. Physical Education. Content does not matter.
Context matters. Teaching kids how to learn.
Fun comes and goes.
Learning to control our emotions is a skill that will last a lifetime.
We can make a lasting impression or we can worry about being on time for the piano lesson. And that’s nobody’s fault but ours.