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i have RCM Grade 10. I havent played since i was 14, and i'm damn sure I've forgotten
What a waste.
I got forced into it so I hate it.

i loves the piano

and wow... they forced you all the way to a grade 10 certification?? that is some forcing!

When I was five I didn't even understand that my mom was putting me in piano. She took me to the music school, and in the room where they have the group children lessons, there were pianos, but there were xylophones and tambourines and castanets and cymbals too. She asked me if I wanted to come back every week and I said I did, not understanding what I was getting myself into.

I'll probably be working and becoming more and more scared about university.

dream in japanese wrote:i'm done with school april 21th, i get on a plane april 29th

april 21 is my birthday!

I started piano when i was three too
and played for 7 years
i was damn happy when i quit
but now im not

i'm done with school april 21th, i get on a plane april 29th

No I mean, until you graduate and become a teacher!!

I took piano when I was in 3rd and 4th I think...but I never got past level two cause I took too many other sorts of lessons.

happeningfish wrote:and wow... they forced you all the way to a grade 10 certification?? that is some forcing!

my parents are diligent.
I think they were like "If you dont do it, you're grounded every day, no boys, no nothing but school and home"

They feel a little bad now

aww, i wish my mom forced me into something. hah.
when i was younger i wanted to dance and play piano.
and do ballet.
and take riding lessons.
and swimming lessons.
and a lot of other stuff.
but we couldn't afford it.

Cass wrote:

i'm done with school april 21th, i get on a plane april 29th

No I mean, until you graduate and become a teacher!!

oh, well next year is my last year and then i graduate. then teachers college here i come!

How long do you have to go for teachers college?

one year.

I see. So it's sort of like obtaining your teaching certificate in the states. I'm thinking of going that route, I'd probably be about that much time out from it, or a semester more. Including student teaching.

half jill wrote:aww, i wish my mom forced me into something. hah.

Me too. I'd love to be able to play piano or guitar.

I wanna play the jug. But not just any jug. The jug has to have XXX written on its side. Hella cool!

it's only after playing an instrument for so long that you realize how difficult it is to get where you are, and how easy it is to forget everything within a few short months.

i absolutely HATED and LOVED the piano so, so much. at the same time. it took me so long to decide whether to quit or not, and when i finally did, i was cheering and kicking myself. but the other day when i tried playing again after almost two years, i realized i really did love the piano after all, so i hope i can find time to pick it up again.

there are so many instruments i want to learn. like steel pan and cello and double bass. i've started the guitar though. and err...i'm not really getting anywhere.

and that's my two cents.

picking up pianos is difficult
theyre big
and heavy
and wood

I'm going to spend the summer trying to kick my heroin addiction.

err wha?