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I Don't Know What difficult child was Thinking...???
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 550027" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>DF, I kind of agree with Methuselah.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child, who has grandiosity in SPADES, has an electronic keyboard that has some impressive features, including a play-along thingy. The keys on the keyboard light up to show you which one to press for the melody, and the harmonies and chords are filled in as you play. difficult child uses this mode and he is convinced that he can play the piano. One day he said to me, "Mom, I can play the piano better than you now!" (I started lessons when I was 4, and kept up with it until I was 22, took exams, entered competitions, won scholarships...you get the idea.) </p><p></p><p>I said, "Okay, well instead of using your keyboard, why don't you play that on my piano instead." He sat down, idly pressed a few keys, and then wandered away.</p><p></p><p>I think you're handling the situation perfectly. difficult child will (we hope) learn that she will be called on to use the skills she claims to have. And the teacher will (perhaps) learn to do spot-checks on her students' claims of brilliance before pinning her hopes on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 550027, member: 3907"] DF, I kind of agree with Methuselah. My difficult child, who has grandiosity in SPADES, has an electronic keyboard that has some impressive features, including a play-along thingy. The keys on the keyboard light up to show you which one to press for the melody, and the harmonies and chords are filled in as you play. difficult child uses this mode and he is convinced that he can play the piano. One day he said to me, "Mom, I can play the piano better than you now!" (I started lessons when I was 4, and kept up with it until I was 22, took exams, entered competitions, won scholarships...you get the idea.) I said, "Okay, well instead of using your keyboard, why don't you play that on my piano instead." He sat down, idly pressed a few keys, and then wandered away. I think you're handling the situation perfectly. difficult child will (we hope) learn that she will be called on to use the skills she claims to have. And the teacher will (perhaps) learn to do spot-checks on her students' claims of brilliance before pinning her hopes on them. [/QUOTE]
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