A funny thing...

OK, so I've learned something very valuable about being an elementary music teacher...it's nearly impossible to grade about half of each class. There is an easy distinction between those who love music and try very hard and want to learn, and those who are distracted, disruptive and don't want to be there. Those grades are very easy to figure out, but there is about half the class where they are sometimes participating, or sometimes disruptive, sometimes working hard and sometimes care. Those students...the ones on the fence about everything, are not only the hardest to reach, but they are the hardest to grade...so grading is not as easy as I thought it was, when I was sitting in class on the other side of the glass.