#5 - Noelle Zhao - How Hard It Is To Be A Music Teacher
Noelle Zhao grew up with Lawrence when she was in primary school. Learning under the same piano teacher and having a mother with a similar parenting style to Lawrence, she discusses the negative and positive impacts of a parenting style that is highly focused on negative reinforcement and punishment. After discussing different parenting styles, Lawrence and Noelle dive into how difficult it can be to be a piano teacher and what made us so passionate about this career path.
opening 00:00
Background 00:55
Childhood 02:33
Parents 04:21
Social media 09:12
Parents as key to happiness 10:18
What is happiness 11:22
iPad theory 13:17
Achieve and love 15:04
Classical music stereotype 16:37
Muso movement-love music 18:54
What should a teacher do when the student is not achieving 19:58
Noelle's shut down and mental 21.06
Hit and run 22:31
How hard to be a music teacher & in Muso 25:03
Setting boundaries 28:15
Introvert 29:54
Healthy working hours 31:41
Maintain personal health 33:43
Quitting piano 34:50
Indonesian population from IG 36:33
Work life balance 38:09
Tensing up for no reason and burnout 40:37
How to relax 41.30
Advice to general for living a happier life (long-term happiness) 45:29
Perfectionist 47:40
Parenting and relationship with music 48:29
What is happiness 49:05
Favourite composer 53:35
Paganini 56:43
