Laziness! -- Heidelberg MusEd discussion

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 20:26:31 04/17/07 Tue
Author: Nickie
Subject: Laziness!

How can we stop our students from being lazy? This is my biggest problem in my junior block right now. They just don't want to work after about fifteen minutes of rehearsing. They just get lazy no matter how fast-paced the rehearsal may be. Suggestions?

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

[> Re: Laziness! -- Emma, 13:37:54 04/21/07 Sat [1]

I remember doing the same thing when I was in Middle and High School. I would suggest just keeping the rehearsals interesting for the students, singing a song they like to sing about the middle of rehearsal. Also it depends on when in the day you have the class becuase if its early they wont want to work, middle of the day before lunch they just want food, and end they just want to go home, so it will be difficult keeping them occupied. Giving rewards for participating would be good, or maybe changing up what you do everyday with them would keep them interested.

[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]

[> Re: Laziness! -- Beth G., 07:55:54 04/28/07 Sat [1]

Try giving them an incentive like play the songs you have to work on for the concert and then say at the end if you can get through everything that needs to be done, they will get to sing or play songs they enjoy. I know this worked for when I was in band. We hated playing Eroica and all the Sousa stuff but if the teacher said we could play Tequilla at the end, then we worked much more efficiently.

[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]

[> Re: Laziness! -- Jayme Orians, 09:01:17 05/02/07 Wed [1]

I would try working in different ways of rehearsing to keep them more enthused. Like try putting them in a big circle and have them listening to each other in different ways then they're used to. I think more interactive things might help stimulate and hold their interest.

[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]

[> Re: Laziness! -- Jenna B, 08:06:13 02/05/08 Tue [1]

Laziness-

I think that regardless of who you are, where you are at in your profession, or who you are teaching, there will always be lazy, unmotivated students. Even in the professional world, where in theory everyone should be passionate and talented, there will still be students and people who just may have other priorities.
I think that the key to combating a person's laziness is to always carry a good, positive attitude. Also, conducting a positive, upbeat atmosphere throughout class and in rehearsal is a must.
Promoting the importance of having good rehearsals, keeping healthy, and staying positive even when frustrated makes a significant mark in your ensembles.

[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]

[> Re: Laziness! -- Christopher B., 09:02:50 02/05/08 Tue [1]

I found that whenever I get lazy, it is from lack of energy. In our choir in high school, and also in college, our directors always made us run around the building somehow. This would reingage our minds, and we would always sound better and be more efficient at what we do.

[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]

[> Re: Laziness! -- Tasia B, 08:46:31 02/06/08 Wed [1]

I think that you have to be joking, but yet serious at the same time. I always felt more energetic in rehearsals when the band director would joke around with us, would laugh and just make it interesting, but we would still get things done. I've been in bands where the band director was really serious about everything, and even though the rehearsal went at a fast past, I wanted to fall asleep!

[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]

[> Re: Laziness! -- Aimee L, 09:55:24 02/11/08 Mon [1]

I remember that when I was in high school choir and we had low energy or just poor focus, my director would have us meet in the gym. From there, we would play a quick game of dodgeball. It was unexpected, and it would have our entire choir laughing and building up some energy. Honestly, who feels dead after dodgeball? Because the energy would be up, we would then sing more in tune. You don't necessarily need to use an activity like dodgeball, but during OCMEA one of the sessions mentioned that there are schools where students jump before they start on school work. I find that using some sort of physical movement stimulates the mind.

[ Post a Reply to This Message ]
[ Edit | View ]