I HATE TEACHING LITTLE DIVAS

I love teaching.  Its what I do.  I love it so much that I have become a work-a-holic.  Most of what I do is lots of fun, except teaching the Diva set.  They usually are young kids, mostly girls,  who think they know it all.  I generally do not teach young kids because, frankly, I hate to baby sit.  The mothers push their kids into singing and then say that their children wanted it.  I don't mind teaching a kid that's at least 13 or 14 years of age, but the younger ones are a chore to teach.  They are not aware of what voice lessons are,  much less commitment to practice the craft.

I am a professional MASTER TEACHER, and the respect for that title should be obvious.  I'm not a beginner and have had great success with the students that I turn out.

 These Divas hate exercises, and want to sing what ever they want, and they want to sing NOW!  They throw tantrums or sulk  if I  deny them.  I try to weed them out as soon as possible.  For example, one little Diva wanted to sing something right away when she came in and she ORDERED me to play the song she wanted.  I, of course, said no, and that we had to warm up.  She said ok, but her face was getting redder and redder and she started crying and she left the room for 10 minutes, with mother following.  She calmed down, I let her sing the song she wanted and then I said that I would no longer be her teacher.  Again the tears, but I was adamant.  I  guess there is only one dictator in the room, and I was it.  This is one example of the horrors we as teachers have to face teaching little Divas.