{"id":4638,"date":"2018-04-09T05:09:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T05:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2018-04-09T17:58:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T17:58:46","slug":"the-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=4638","title":{"rendered":"the student that came late"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There was a student who came late, who missed a third of the classes, who was mostly on Facebook even when he was in class, who handed in assignments late whose instrument was bass. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I knew some of the students came from difficult places, many of them did not have parents positioned to help as much as they did where I came from, many were holding minimum wage jobs simultaneously. Tried to keep my judgements in check. When the year ended his final mark was a C, that was that. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Next year I worked with an ensemble of 7 students comprised of 4 singers, a drummer, and two guitarists. He was one of the singers. I was surprised because last year he was a bass player not a singer. I assumed his contribution wouldn’t be too hot, might hold us back. True to the year before, in class he was often distracted online and late. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Tried to organize things so that each member contributed one song of their own and when we worked on his it was an improvised uncomplicated ditty with an A part and a B part. At one point while encouraging the other singers to add background vocals he chimed in and told one of them to sing F# and not F. I became sarcastic – Oh you have perfect pitch? Yes I do he said nonchalantly. I played a random note on the piano he couldn’t see. What’s that then? Eb he said without looking up. It was Eb. I was even more taken aback when he started singing, he was a fucking amazing singer.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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