Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 233 228. Is everything you said true?

The parents of students who came here today are all from schools that have cooperated with Lantian Gaoya Art Training Center.

Half a month ago, they signed up for an on-campus parent meeting in their children's schools.

At the parent meeting, a teacher named Qin Yong explained to them a recent hot policy that artistic expertise will be included in the senior high school entrance examination in Rongcheng.

After the parent-teacher meeting was over, parents who were willing to enroll their children in the Blue Sky Art Examination Specialty Class filled out a registration form.

But not every parent who submitted the form received a call.

In other words, the 71 parents sitting in the audience at the moment have gone through a round of screening.

The screening criteria are based on the forms they have filled out before. Blue Sky's Art Special Class only recruits students who have more than three years of music learning experience.

On this line, Lan Tian is very clear. Given the special nature of the art class, they dare not accept students with zero foundation.

Not only them, but all the large-scale training institutions in the entire city of Chengdu that recruited students with artistic talents dared not recruit students with zero foundation this year.

This year is the first year that art expertise is included in the senior high school entrance examination.

What kind of exam requirements will appear at that time, and how difficult the exam will be, no one knows at the current time point.

In the first year, everyone was crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Obviously, children with a foundation have more potential for improvement, and are more resistant to risks in the face of unknown test requirements.

After all, no training institution wants to ruin its own brand in order to earn more money for a family of children.

That's why we had our first parent meeting.

At the first parent-teacher meeting, the parents learned about the policy, and came here again today after receiving the notice. They undoubtedly all had a clearer purpose——

They hope that their children can finally achieve a smooth entrance to higher education by participating in the Lantian Art Specialty Training Class.

So what they want to hear most when they come here today is, if their children finally enroll in the courses here, what kind of training they will receive, what courses they will learn, and how they will improve in a few cycles.

And when they didn't see Qin Yong's figure reappearing, and instead saw a teacher who looked a little young, some of them felt a little thumping in their hearts at that moment.

Of course, some pianist parents were pleasantly surprised when Ang Lee entered the stage.

Looking at the headlines on the projector, some parents couldn't help but whispered.

"How to allocate practice time reasonably."

When the scene became quiet again, Li An turned around and signaled the audience to read the title again.

moment.

"Please raise your hands and let me take a look at the parents of students who can persist in practicing for more than half an hour every day."

After Li An finished speaking, half of the parents in the audience raised their hands.

Parents who didn't raise their hands looked around.

"If you can persist for more than an hour every day, please raise your hand."

This time, only a small number of parents raised their hands, and they could be counted at a glance, eleven.

"very good."

Li An signaled the parents to put down their hands.

"Two hours."

Only two parents raised their hands this time.

In an instant, the two parents became the focus of the scene.

Ang Lee applauded the two parents.

"Great."

Finally, he asked the two, "Do the two mothers usually participate in the children's piano practice?"

After a while, a mother put down her hand.

At this time, the mother who raised her hand at the end seemed to be the final winner.

Ang Lee: "Hello, can I ask you a few more personal questions?"

The winner's mother stood up, "Mr. Li, you say hello."

"What musical instrument does the child learn?"

"piano."

"How long have you been studying?"

"Three years."

"Can you consciously practice for more than two hours every day?"

"Yes, we never bothered about his piano practice. I am usually only responsible for communicating with the teacher about the progress."

"How far has he learned now?"

"I just finished practicing Czerny 849, and the piece has already been played in Mozart's sonata collection."

"Did the child take the grade test last summer?"

"No, his teacher didn't think the grading test was that important. He told us that it's okay to take the test or not. I also think the grading test is of little significance now, so he didn't let him take the test."

"Then does he usually participate in some competitions?"

"Just participated in this year's Xinhai Cup competition."

"Is it convenient to reveal the ranking?"

"The 10th place in the professional youth group of the Rongcheng competition area."

Li An took the lead in applauding, and then there was a lot of applause.

At this moment, the parents at the scene looked at this mother no longer simply with envy.

"Thank you."

Li An was not surprised at the child's grades in the mother's mouth. He practiced for more than two hours a day and was able to persist for three years, which is worthy of this grade.

There is a saying that he didn't say just now because of the occasion, the child has an excellent piano teacher.

With such a practice intensity, the child only finished playing 849, which shows that the teacher has a macro control over the teaching progress.

The parents mentioned just now that the child's teacher does not advocate the grading test, but he is not opposed to the grading test. This shows that the teacher's attitude towards the grading test is peaceful.

Back to the topic.

Li An asked the mother to sit down, and then turned to the parents and said, "This kid doesn't need to enroll in any training classes. He just needs to keep going like this. By then, he will definitely be able to pass the piano exam and get into a satisfactory school."

As soon as this remark came out, the parents in the audience nodded their heads one after another.

The parents didn't believe in Li An's words more, but believed that there was no reason why the child's hard work and dedication could not be rewarded accordingly.

And they heard that this child has achieved good results, the top ten in the professional group of the Chengdu competition area.

"Actually, I would like to talk to parents about their children's interest in learning music than going to school today."

"Interest is the best teacher, it can guide children to swim to the other side of victory in any part of life."

"But before I do that, I want to share a personal opinion."

"Having said so much, you may not know me. Let me introduce myself again. My name is Li An, and I am the piano teacher of Lantian Gaoya Art Promotion Art Center."

meal.

"If my child tells me in the future, Dad, I don't want to practice piano today."

"Then I'll tell him it's normal."

"I didn't want to practice every day when I was a piano boy, but with the company of my parents, I finally developed a habit."

"Like most of the parents who raised their hands just now, you must have different strategies to keep your children practicing for more than half an hour every day."

"But what I want to say is that from strict supervision to a more free way is the only way for children to persevere in learning."

"Practice is always the child's business, their challenge."

"As parents, we must face their ups and downs in practice, and we must understand and agree with them."

"We can't over-interpret when a child shows an extremely strong reluctance to practice an instrument."

"It doesn't mean the child has lost interest in music."

"Next, I will discuss with you—as parents, how we should guide our children so as to better stimulate their interest, let them develop self-disciplined piano practice habits, and what coping strategies we should choose under some special circumstances .”

"Wow——"

After a wave of small applause, many parents have already taken out their mobile phones and turned on the video recording mode.

Li An looked at Wang Panpan again.

In the next second, the projector cuts to the next page.

[Should I interfere with children's music learning?]

Still only one line of fine print.

"I'm often trying to get kids to live up to their teachers' expectations instead of their own pleasure."

"Please take ten seconds to think about this sentence."

Li Ang pinched his watch, and after ten seconds passed, he said: "Take the children to class and listen to their practice. You pay more attention to the content and progress of this class than they do. May I ask who is learning the piano?"

Then Ang Lee told a short story. The content of the story is probably that a mother desperately hopes that her child can become a singer. After learning and practicing, the child couldn't stand his mother's behavior in the end, and resolutely chose to give up singing, which he loved so much.

"Paying too much attention to children's learning can only replace children's lives and make children lose their own lives."

"Excessive attention is the most typical oppressive education."

"Some parents must want to say that this is oppression, and I didn't beat him or scold him."

“Kids are kids because the amount of information they can take in and digest is different than adults.”

"It's important to be cautious here, the degree to which a child is willing to accept help changes over time."

Speaking of this, Ang Lee found that some parents have already begun to nod frequently, while some parents still seem to be listening to the story.

Take a breath.

"I think some of the parents here must have experienced something like this."

"When children are younger, for example, when they are still in the third grade of elementary school, they are still willing to accept help from their parents, but when they reach the sixth grade and enter junior high school, they may turn the room away during practice. The door is locked, and you are not allowed to make any comments about him."

"Have it?"

As soon as Li An finished speaking, there was an immediate response from the audience.

"Ms. Li, what you said is exactly the same as my family!"

A masculine-looking mother couldn't help but said, "When we were young, we liked to let her play the piano. Since I was in the first grade of junior high school last year, we didn't dare to go to the side when we practiced the piano again. It’s not good, don’t practice, don’t practice anything.”

Obviously judging from the reaction on the spot, the parent's words have been recognized by many parents.

How to do?
At this time, the eyes of the audience refocused on the center of the stage.

Ang Lee smiled.

"I suggest that parents who encounter this kind of situation should balance their reactions immediately, and don't question the child's attitude. First of all, he can practice the piano, which at least shows that he still has an inner driving force for practicing the piano."

"Secondly, communicate with your child's teacher in time,
"Children who enter adolescence will have some personality changes. This change will make some of them not like communicating with their parents like before. At this time, go to the child's teacher to learn about the child's recent learning situation, and pass some words through the teacher. , which is a more secure way of caring.”

Of course, the method of non-direct intervention is only suitable for some families.

In individual cases, parents still have to face the process of intervening in their children's music learning in a harsh way.

Here Ang Lee cites the story of the well-known pianist in our country, Lin Lang's 11-year-old father who took medicine and forced him to jump off a building.

At the same time, he also seriously emphasized in a joking tone, "In our Chinese families, such parents often exist, but children with certain talents do not often exist."

"Twenty years have passed, and the number of piano boys in our country has increased to 20 million, but so far there has never been a second Lin Lang."

"Some successful models can be copied, but where to paste is the question."

"So regarding how we can intervene in children's learning process, I will share with you some of my teaching experience over the years."

Wang Panpan was so engrossed in listening that he didn't realize Li An's gaze for a while.

After the scene was quiet for two seconds, the content on the projector cut to the content on the third page.

'Four ways'

Self-directed learners are the dream of all piano-kids parents, whether they are hands-off, hands-on, or somewhere in between.

The reason why a dream is a dream is because it is too far away from reality.

In reality, perhaps some small strategies can provide some inspiration and help for all parents.

From a pair of onlookers to an interesting start, the text on the projection screen switches frequently.

Ang Lee has successively provided six methods for parents to help their children strengthen their training.

At the same time, he also invited some parents who raised their hands to introduce their personal experience or ask questions.

Everyone shared and discussed together, and another hour passed by without knowing it.

Finally, after analyzing and explaining all the methods one by one, Ang Lee led the subject back to the very beginning.

This time he did not look at Wang Panpan again.

The curtain appeared again - [How to allocate practice time reasonably].

"If you want to master any knowledge systematically, practice is the only shortcut."

In this link, Ang Lee did not give any specific plan, it is more about taking the issue of reasonable allocation of practice time to another new level.

"Once we can get kids to take more responsibility for the practice and the end result, they will take ownership of the process."

"Thank you."

moment.

Just when all the parents were still digesting this sentence.

"Next, we will ask our blue sky teachers from various majors to talk about the learning methods of each musical instrument in detail."

Hearing Ang Lee say another sentence, he bowed and walked off the stage.

When they regained their senses, Lao Wu, the teaching director of Guangyuan Campus, had already stepped onto the stage.

Old Wu clapped his hands and said, "Thank you, Teacher Li."

Then the parents all applauded.

"Wow------"

After the applause fell, Lao Wu re-introduced Li Ang for everyone.

That's it, that's it, no wonder, no wonder!

This is probably the first reaction of most parents after listening to Ang Lee's introduction again.

Afterwards, the teachers seldom came to the stage to give lessons, and their speech status may be inferior to Ang Lee.

But the content of the method they described was carefully designed by Qin Yong who spent a lot of time.
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After the parent-teacher meeting, enter the on-site registration. According to the statistics of Guangyuan Educational Affairs, there are as many as 41 parents who registered on-site today, which has exceeded the performance target of this time.

And many parents also said that they will discuss with their children when they go back, and they will make a decision as soon as possible.

Depending on the situation, it is expected to break through the 50 registration mark.

congratulations!

Old Wu excitedly asked Li An to wait for the Yudong team to have dinner at night, Li An waved his hand, "I still have to take everyone back to the business, next time I will treat Director Wu to Yudong."
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On the way back to Yudong, as soon as Wang Panpan got into the car, he asked Li An reluctantly.

"Boss, are all your theories true?"

Li An smiled and loosened the collar of his shirt, then looked out the window.

"If someone believes it, it is true."

(End of this chapter)