'my dad was in that band!'

just another story popped into my head.

while listening to the specials with one of my 1st or kinder classes, one of the students spoke up and said that his dad was the singer of this band. oh really....

things like this happen A LOT. for instance, while listening to a matty pop chart song, one of my students said 'this is on nemo', now i dont have any idea of what they were talking about, but i am assuming that they have not heard the 7" split of matty pop chart and nemo that came out on plan-it-x (i think). why would a 5 year old in the middle of texas listen to a 7" split of these two bands, and how would they be able to recognize the same artist in music class? weird coincidence.

i also find it rather uncomfortable to watch 6 year olds dance as if they are on a music video from MTV.


also, i never realized how fast kids grow, i would say over a quarter of my students do not have pants that fit. ie: their pants are unbuttoned and unzipped just about all of the time.
i just dont feel right buttoning up a little kids pants for them. so i dont. i am sorry. but that is too close for a music teacher to go.