When I first entered kindergarten at the age of five, I met one woman who was very kind to me, and then it turned out to be my music teacher. And the first interaction with her was really pleasing, and then everything changed dramatically when we had a lesson, and she started to play in the instrument that I never saw before, and it was my first interaction with a musical instrument, which is piano. And I think she really influenced me in a way that I started to perceive my picture of being a musician and playing in different musical instruments. And because of her playing, I was so mesmerized, and I went to home and talked with my parents, like, I want to play in musical instruments. It’s called piano. I saw that my teacher was playing it, and now I want to do that too. And they were like, and they said that it was okay.
Band 7+: Describe a teacher who has influenced you in your education. You should say: where you met them what subject they taught what was special about her/him and explain why this person influenced you so much.
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When I first entered kindergarten at the age of five, I met a woman who was very kind to me, and it turned out she was my music teacher. My first interaction with her was really pleasing, but everything changed dramatically during our lesson when she started to play an instrument I had never seen before. It was my first interaction with a musical instrument, the piano. I think she really influenced me in a way that I began to envision myself as a musician, playing different musical instruments. I was so mesmerized by her playing that when I got home, I talked with my parents, saying I wanted to play a musical instrument called the piano. I saw my teacher playing it, and I wanted to do that too. They responded positively and said it was okay.
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