Today, I got up the courage to go to my very first voice lesson. I thought I did alright, but at the end my teacher told me, "Now don't worry about grades in this class, I grade on effort, not on talent." FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I started recording my piano exam pieces to submit, and I was proud at my interpretation that I spent time trying to make it sound good. That was until my tutor walked in and said I had "shit rhythm and ass intonation." My mom was there. FML
Today, I worked up the courage to sing at an open mic night. I lost my cool halfway through because all I could hear was laughter. FML
Today, I was practicing for a choir concert that I have next week. My mom walked into my room and listened to me for a little while. After I finished the last song, she smiled, patted me on the head and said, "It's okay honey, I can't sing either." FML
Today, our school had tryouts for chorus. Everybody sang a snippet of the song together until the teacher stopped us, saying it sounded awful. He singled me out and told me to sing alone. After I sang the part, he said, "Son, your gift to God will be silence." FML
Today, I tried singing in front of my friend. She said, "That's a hilarious voice! You should use that voice when telling jokes!" FML
Today, I had a test in orchestra class, which I'd practiced over 30 hours for. After I played my part, which I thought I did very well, my teacher asked how long I'd practiced. Trying to show off, I said, "Oh, just 30 minutes." My teacher said, "It shows; that was terrible." She was serious. FML
Today, I started my first teaching job ever. As I was teaching, another teacher interrupted my class about 5 times because she thought it was her class. Not only did she ruin my confidence, her behavior caused my students to laugh at me. FML
Today, I auditioned for the musical at my school. Before I sang my song, I gave my music to the director. She said "Oh, I love this song!". After I sang it, she told me, "It's okay, I still like the song." FML
Today, I was teaching a ten year old how to play piano. Halfway through the lesson, she made a minor mistake, which, trying to be a good tutor, I corrected her. She smiled up at me, paused, then slammed the key cover down onto my fingers. FML
Today, I learned how to play "Happy Birthday" on the guitar, just to have my friend tell me that my voice sucks, and that I needed to stop immediately. FML
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MexaDoreano 1
My band teacher told the oboe player to stop playing and never start again.
IrisPheonix 0
Don't take it too personally. When I first started taking voice lessons, I sounded terrible. I'm now an Opera major at University
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IrisPheonix 0
Don't take it too personally. When I first started taking voice lessons, I sounded terrible. I'm now an Opera major at University
Rowena_fml 1
she might have just been letting you know and wasn't talking about your actual singing. and some teachers are just weird. I took choir one year and the teacher hated me and was always giving non-constructive criticism about my singing, so i didn't take it the next year and he keeps asking me why i'm not in choir anymore and how he wants me to come back because i have "a beautiful voice." i was just like "umm that's not what you told me last year!" and keep trying! you might have done very well, but you'll get even better with the lessons.
Odiny147 0
That's nothing. What if you didn't really do bad, he's just telling you what to focus on.
ncvolley123 8
you'll live. my Math tracer said he grades us on organization and completion skills, not how well we do on it.
lucy9897 6
Lets just hope that he grades by singing effort and not by 'effort' ;)
MexaDoreano 1
My band teacher told the oboe player to stop playing and never start again.
anjtrg_1112 23
You should be grateful.
hotzstuff89 0
im sure it wasnt directed at your performance!(: but it is way easy to feel self consious after working up all that courage just to sing!
Garrett2818 21
Or that she doesn't grade on talent but is going to fail her anyways for sucking so bad.
derp_taco 22
????????