As with all of my blog posts, this one specifically relates to my own experiences as a public school music teacher and does not, by any means, reflect the experiences of all teachers everywhere. Years ago, Karen Atherton, my supervising teacher for student teaching, told me that teaching music is a lonely job. While it didn't really resonate at the time, it certainly does now. I touched on it in my post, "Saying Goodbye to Music Education," but it bears repeating now- when you are in school (i.e. college) for music, you live music. You spend all (or the vast majority) of your time alongside other music majors. You might even live WITH them- my last year of undergrad, 3 of my 4 roommates were music majors, and all 5 of us were in the marching band. OK, here we go... Storytime!! (reality-based with some fantasy mixed in) Imagine living in a giant building with no windows with a bunch of other people who all like, believe in, and do what you like, believe in and do....