🎵 “Should we laugh at you now?” — A Moment That Redefined the Beat of the Classroom
Today’s music session turned into something more than just rhythm drills — it became a real lesson in empathy, responsibility, and leadership.
We were working on a basic snare drum pattern — Right, right, left. A seemingly simple exercise in hand coordination.
Most students picked it up quickly. But one student couldn’t get the beat. He struggled to coordinate his left and right hands. Even after I broke it down slowly — “When I say right, play with your right hand. When I say left, play with your left” — he still found it challenging.
Instead of supporting him, some students began to giggle. One of them, in particular, who was sitting at the drum kit — and had himself struggled with a simple beat earlier — started teasing the student.
At that moment, I paused the class.
I turned to him and asked calmly: 👉 “Should we laugh at you now? You also didn’t get it the first time. How would it feel if we all laughed at you?”