Happy learners are good learners! A blog for and by LFM pupils in Moscow.

I often think my childhood memories and more particularly my school years and my teachers. I remember one of them more than the others. It was when I was in kindergarten and his name was Mister Jamel, he was my music teacher.

 When I was younger, I was really shy and I loved singing (I still do)! Mister Jamel knew that it was my passion, so every week during the music lessons, he asked me to sing. At the beginning I didn’t want to sing in front of all the class but he kept asking and once I accepted to sing; he was very happy. At the end of the year we had our graduation and one of the pupils had to sing a solo, he thought of asking me straight away and he came ask to me and my parents we agreed. I wasn’t sure but I said yes and I did lots of rehearsals. On the D day, I sang in front of more than hundred persons it was very scary but I loved it!

Since this year, I am not the same person. Thanks to Mister Jamel because I am not shy anymore, and I acquired a quality that helps me a lot: self-confidence. I will never forget him and what he did for me.