The Resistance Movement

This is what I call it when a wave of resistance to my directing comes though. It is kind of like a weather front. One moment things are sunny and clear and then the clouds start rolling in and before you know it...there is a storm. That really is the way it works. One moment we are trucking along and getting better and then a few seem to just get in the way. I really don't know why either. We all want the same thing. We all want a successful band program. If we all work together we will all get what we want. There still seems to be some lack of trust that I truly know what I am doing. Hopefully, with time, that will subside. There are a few options for me with this though:

I could leave and find another job. This won't be good for anybody. Dutch Fork would be in a state of change for at least another year and so would I. Besides I like a lot of things at Dutch Fork. I worked hard to have the chance to be the director here and I am not leaving. So get over that idea.

I could just wait for the "non believers" to leave. I have tried this before and it doesn't work. Problems don't just go away. You have to fix them.

I could "kick out" the trouble makers. This does work but you might lose a really good student in the process. I have been wrong about students before.

I could just stick to my guns and do what I know will work. This works and it has been proven time and time again. This is the option I shall stick with.

In conclusion, if you don't like me or how I am doing stuff, you can always talk to me about it. I had a student come into my office today and ask if I was busy. I said "Yes, but what you have is more important." Also if you just don't like me, you don't have too. I am not a band director to be your friend. That may happen in time or it may not, but you do have to respect me. If you can't do that, then you do need to look for other activities because as I said above "I ain't goin' nowhere fast!" Just get use to me being around and get use to me pushing you to do things. In the end, we just may get what we all want.