Andrew
Yes, that's how people communicate now, isn't it. Online. Anonymously.
Gilbert
Yes. You can find anything online.
Andrew
"And he makes you sing with him."
Gilbert
I'm so sorry! I--
Andrew
No, I'm sorry.
Gilbert
I hate to think what's online about me.
Andrew
I'm sure that you won't find such negative things about yourself online. But I am sorry because this makes it quite clear how totally I've failed at a career that really began rather well.
Gilbert
I'm sure--
Andrew
I knew that there was no longer the rapport I had before or that other instructors still have. But I thought there were still those moments...that there was still something that I could offer that...
Gilbert
I'm sure there was. I'm sure there is.
Andrew
I apologize. I shouldn't be putting you in a position where you have to comfort and reassure me. I should be helping you...get assimilated.
Gilbert
You are.
Andrew
laughs
Yes, I'm giving you a very bleak overview, aren't I. But just remember. Other teachers are more successful than I am. The students like most of their teachers. I'm the exception, not the rule.I've known for years that students don't like...earnestness. I had thought that the songs offered some levity. But...Well, at this time of my swan song, I can give you that advice. Don't make them sing with you. I think now I understand why Forbisher asked for my permission to take my faculty offering off the program tomorrow. Not so much for the time constraint. But because he didn't want me to make them sing with me.
Gilbert
I don't know what more to say.
Andrew
I'm sorry that I've put you in a position where you have to say anything at all.
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