At the beginning of this podcast, one of the main characters is introduced, and explained. This podcast then informs us that Mr. Durrell is an orchestra teacher, and absolutely loves jazz music like he has for most of his life. But then the problem unfolds and clues are given as to why he may not like his job as much. The kids in his class hate orchestra. The students he has in class treat it as almost a time to slack off in certain situations, but still attend. almost like his class is a blow off class. This kills him, like it would any teacher. This drives him the point of wanting to quit and tell them to not bother practicing anymore.
Later on in this podcast, a second story and set of characters are introduced. David Sedaris was a young boy who had a father with a dream for his kids. His dad wanted David and his two sisters to become something great, and tried everything to make it work. He gave his kids instruments and took them to lessons. This only led him to find out none of them wanted to even deal with it because he pushed so hard to achieve what he wanted them to become.
These two segments contrast almost completely it appears. Both, Mr. Durrell and Mr. Sedaris love music and want it to impact the world and their kids, but had two different sides to this argument. Mr. Durrell practically gave up on his kids and was about to cancel what they worked for which was their state compition. This would have devastated the kids, like they had been doing to him. But on the other hand, Mr. Sedaris practically smother his kids in order to make them famous and great musicians rather than take it slowly and allow them to actually learn and develope as mucusians. It's as though there can’t be a happy middle of effort given by the kids and by the mentors in these cases. In a way it's as though the two were both poles, one forcing the kids to come together by showing them what they could lose and the other pushing them away by showing them what they could become. My Durrell used his class’s soft spot to get them to work together. Unfortunately for Mr. Sedaris, his drive only ended in a crash.
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