I work as a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

Chapter 119 The Problem of the Piano Section

Hirakawa Tetsufumi soon came to the activity room of the performance department.

Witnessed by my own eyes, and in the explanation given by Shinohara Shiori beside me——

"Mr. Hirakawa, you should know where the problem is in the performance department, right?"

In the corridor at the entrance of the activity room, Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked away from the concert hall and looked to his side. Shiori Shinohara looked at him with his face up and asked him.

The drizzle drifted in from the sky outside the corridor along with a gust of wind, bringing a bit of cold water vapor on his face.

Hirakawa Tetsuwen took half a step back.

"Xiaoyuan-san, you can already guess this kind of thing without coming here."

It's true, I guessed the specific situation yesterday.

The problem is-

"The last time when Shinohara-san and I came to the performance department in the morning, there were probably some students who practiced on their own in the activity room—"

Shiori Shinohara quickly answered: "Less than thirty."

"That's right, less than thirty."

Hirakawa Tetsuwen nodded.

It was more than a month ago, Shiori Shinohara asked him to come to the performance department for the first time.

Herein lies the problem.

More than a month ago, the number of people who trained independently was less than thirty, which is not a large number.

"But today..."

Hirakawa Tetsubun also glanced at the activity room of the performance department.

"There are about 20 people left."

That's right, when the voices are unified and the official competition is getting closer, the number of people who are willing to come to the performance department for self-practice in the morning has not increased, but it has decreased.

This is where the problem lies.

"There should be many reasons for this."

Hirakawa Tetsubun faced Shinohara Shiori's exquisite face, the girl didn't express any opinion, so he continued to talk.

"First of all, at that time, the school had just started, the spring break had just finished, and some students who had just joined the wind performance department were more interested in wind music... But obviously, today, more than a month later, their interest is no longer enough to support them to train on their own in the morning gone."

Because he had already guessed the situation and analyzed it in his heart, when Hirakawa Zhewen began to explain the reason, he basically did not stop.

"Secondly, it should be the reason for the camp. Some of the students who came to train on their own because of interest have already withdrawn from the national competition. Anyway, such a change may also affect their motivation to contact by themselves."

"Again, is it because of practice time?"

Although it is an interrogative sentence, there is not much interrogative tone in it.

"The practice time has been extended to seven o'clock in the evening, and some people may feel that the practice in the afternoon is already very hard, and there is no need to continue practicing in the morning."

It can only be said that this is a very normal thought.And human energy is limited.

Although it is obviously unnecessary from the perspective of bystanders to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, many people have actually done it.Stay up late at night and sleep the next day or something.

This is just the simplest example.

"at last--"

Hirakawa Tetsuwen paused here for a while to make a statement.

"And the most important thing - persistence is a very difficult thing."

"If I'm not wrong, there should be a lot of students who trained on their own in the morning when they first came back from the co-studio, right?"

Tetsubun Hirakawa looked at Shiori Shinohara.

The girl who had been calm for a long time finally reacted, and she responded to his gaze.

"In the week after Hesu came back, there were about 40 students who trained on their own in the morning."

There are 40 people, and there are only 73 people in the performance department. If the 12 people in group b are excluded, there are only 61 people in group a.

Under such circumstances, it is really good that 40 people can come to the performance department for training in the morning according to their own goals and without any external constraints.

But, it's already the beginning of May, and now it's the end of May.

Hirakawa Zhewen looked at the rainy sky at this time, and the rainy season had already arrived.

At the end of the sleepover, the sound that resounded all the way in the car had dissipated in my ears.

Perseverance is commendable precisely because of its difficulties.

Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to give up - the appearance of this reverse chicken soup can also reflect this truth.

Insisting on the absolute, the absolute is a rather rare quality.

Even in Moriya, a famous private university with a good source of students, the same is true.

Not everyone is like the eldest lady in front of him, who has a very firm goal in his heart. Even if his parents block him, he can find his interest in that environment and never give up.

"Ok?"

Miss Shinohara met his gaze with a puzzled expression.

Hirakawa Tetsuwen smiled.

This young lady is indeed remarkable in this respect.

But, let’s get back to the point now——

From the beginning of May to the end of May, the number of self-trained students dropped from 40 to 20 in one month.

At first glance, it seems that this is not a big problem. It is not a "very serious problem" as Shiori Shinohara said earlier.

But, if you look at the essence through the phenomenon, if you think about it carefully, you will know——

Hirakawa Tetsufumi's voice sounded faintly in the melodious background sound at the entrance of the wind performance department concert hall:

"So in the final analysis, even if the co-students come back and eliminate the differences among the students, this problem still cannot be resolved."

"It is correct to unify the goal, but in the final analysis, this goal is not firm."

Not to mention as firm as Shiori Shinohara, this level of firmness was not even enough to support them to practice for a month.

"The problem reflected behind it is: the internal motivation of the students is not enough."

Insufficient internal motivation does not seem to be serious enough.As long as they are under the supervision of the teacher, they can also train seriously during evening practice.

However, a very important point must be made clear here-the goal of the Moritani Wind Music Division is the National Gold Award.

With the national gold medal as the goal and Moriya's current strength, it is hard to exaggerate how difficult it is to break out of the siege and win the gold in one fell swoop.

In this kind of team competition, Moritani's flute section must reach its full potential to have any hope of winning gold—and only hope.

Then, combined with this background, one can imagine how serious the problem of insufficient internal motivation is.

To put it mildly, this will greatly reduce Moritani's chances of winning the gold medal. In fact...

"It can even be said that Moritani's performance department has completely lost hope of the gold medal."

Moritani was not a strong school in the music department.

Last year's results were only in the Tokyo competition area, which is not a top-notch competition area, and participated in the national competition.

And the best result in the history of the school is to stop the silver medal in the national competition.

Such a Moritani, if he does not stimulate all his potential, and the students do not have a firm goal in their hearts and carry it out firmly, they will not be able to win the gold award.

This is a national gold medal.

Hirakawa Tetsubun looked at Shinohara Shiori, and Shinohara Shiori returned a positive look.

That's the problem with Moritani.

(End of this chapter)