My Fame Spreads

The guy from the guitar club in the Uni has asked if I would play the guitar and sing in a show organised by themselves. I gladly obliged. He is a student of mine and yesterday told me the deal. Allegedly there will be 1 or 2 thousand people at the gig along with guitar players from our Uni and other Unis. Sounds like a good show! Wow, I think that will be the biggest audience I’ve ever played for! He said I could sing maybe 3 songs. I haven’t decided what to sing yet… Suggestions on a postcard.

Said student, I may have mentioned before. I met him in the dining hall one evening last year when I saw he and his buddy playing their electric guitars. On another occasion he asked me to join their guitar club, which sounded like a great idea. To my surprise, in week 1 of semester 2, who should be sitting in one of my classes, but Mr. guitar club guy!

It does sort of skew things a bit if a friend is also your student. So far, I haven’t really been friends with any of the students. I felt (and from listening to others) that it’s better to keep a professional distance there. I could see that in that first class, this guy did seem a bit too relaxed in the class. I was also thinking that maybe other students might feel that he would be getting favourable treatment if he was a friend of mine. It would also feel a bit strange come exam time. If your buddy sits down in front of you, it is harder to give him a fair and objective exam. Loyalties and friendships need to be left outside the exam room door.

We will have to keep the classroom situation professional. There needs to be respect there otherwise it will turn into a joke. We can keep the guitars and jokes for outside class!