L has her grade 8 piano certificate at the RCM level, working on grade 9. (There are 10 levels then teaching stuff afterward). She's turning 16 soon and we thought it might be a good time to quit piano. She has so much else on the go, school, tennis, the possibility of getting a job in the near future. She's been doing piano since she was 5 years old.
The piano teacher talked me into having L stick with piano for now. She says in the long term it's one of the things that are very difficult to get back into once you quit and a lot of people have regrets, especially as she has gone all this way already. She thinks L has the ability to accomplish anything she wants and it would be a waste after all this time. She says school, getting a job, (lifeguard, whatever) driving lessons can all be prioritized and in fact a cheap job at this stage is not as worthwhile over the long term as achieving her piano goals. So we'll take it one day at a time and pace ourselves according to whatever crops up.
L thinks I'm vacillating and that we need to think about it more, but I'm sure she knows that I'm also making a bit of sense. (-:
Really, music is education.
On the other hand, she's not really passionate about it, and at the higher grades it can hardly be called fun, more like torture. So I'm back to square one! Actually, she will probably make the right decision when the time comes, as she's quite mature for her age. My role is to guide, not to dictate.
I walked to church today, hadn't been for awhile. It was a pleasant walk. The church was complaining about its finances today, it's that time of year. Everyone's feeling the pinch these days, bills bills bills. I feel bad for them as they do offer a lot of services to the community and people should give back accordingly.
M's hero Charlton Heston died.
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