For the first time in class I led something. I did the warm-ups. I made sure to wear something that made me distinctly older than them. I know that I have to be concious of how I appear because I am young, and even more so that I look young for my age. As I began the vocalises, I ran through the very typical warm-ups, having the students sing with a bright sound, humming with no tension (not necessarily in that order). The last activity I did was a beatboxing exercise, like the one Maura did in class. I began with the altos, giving them something to vocalize. As I was modelling what they should do, one of the altos says "what the f**k* loud enough for me to hear, but she covered her mouth towards the end of it as if she was just realizing how loud she said because I made sure to look directly at her.
I didn't say anything about it. I am not sure if Bethany heard. But I made sure to give her a very long look telling her that I had noticed it but proceeded with the activity. I don't need to know that they like it or not. I do want them to like it, but I am trying to become very comfortable with the idea that every student will not like me. And even more so that I will not win eveyone over. I think that I did not let what she said bother me or make me feel self-concious about my teaching. I proceeded just as I would have if no one had said anything at all. The social norms were very evident.
But the boys absolutely loved it so I was able to feed off of their positivie energy and make the activity work and have the other students start getting into it.
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