Coffee With Ray Quotes

“While you may see yourself as a teacher of the subject music, you are so much more! You are a teacher of people; that is your true specialization, not just the subject of music. Yes, when students come to you, they want to learn a special set of skills but, as an imperative compliment to that specific skill set, you teach them how to learn, how to grow. What an incredible gift that is!”
― Nick Ambrosino, Coffee With Ray

“You can only provide the optimal environment in which your student can choose to learn and grow. The responsibility to learn is up to the student.”
― Nick Ambrosino, Coffee With Ray

“Back in the 70s, there was a huge self-esteem movement in education. Basically, it said that if you continued to tell children they were great and everything they did was great, they would turn out great. But that’s not what actually happened. “The problem is, very simply, that sometimes things we do are not always great! Sometimes we simply do it wrong; we make mistakes; we screw up. Instead of those students learning that, what they learned was that learning was about never messing up, and that was not reality.”
― Nick Ambrosino, Coffee With Ray

“Being a baseball coach or a piano teacher insinuates that baseballs and pianos need to be taught. We are coaches who facilitate people on how to play baseball. Just as you coach, or facilitate, people on how to play the piano. It’s the person who is important, not the activity.”
― Nick Ambrosino, Coffee With Ray