My grandson received a digital piano a week to ten days ago.  There are 72 keys and all the bells and whistles.  He indicated his desire to learn to play piano, and after he learned the ukulele within a week of receiving it, we decided to invest in a key board.  After 5 days, Aren was playing "Moonlight Sonata" almost all the way through, and only a few missed notes, but, he sounded as if he had been taking lessons for months, except, he never had.  So he went to the piano room to show Ms. Hawkins thinking she would give him an "at ta boy", or tell him to keep it going, anything but what she did say. mind you my grandmother played this piece,and it took her months and months to learn this, yet all he heard was this "teacher" tell him
"use your pedals, use your pedals", and,"slow down you are doing it too fast".  What was she thinking? I don't care, but he about quit because he was so devastated by her remarks.  He had never played piano, let alone being able to play "Moonlight Sonata" in only 5 days-. He is now telling me he will not take a piano course if she is teaching. He is not a whiner, and I will not let him map when things don't go his way, but teachers are there to encourage, and to correct things in a positive manner, not to belittle, or be demeaning.  Thank you. R. Pack grandmother to Aren, and Daniell Vaughn