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I truly enjoyed the session with Elna and Sarah.  I liked the idea of each child building their own house.  My first question,to myself, after the analogy was "is there a time when you knock the house down completely to rebuild it?"  In retrospect when I was in the Oberlin Conservatory of music my voice teacher knocked my house down saying that I should be a secretary.  Naturally, I was shocked by his remark and decided to prove him wrong.  So after talking to my mother about the remark we determined that I should pursue my musical career and make him eat his words.  This I did in grand style.  So, I agree with and can see the value of the house and boat idea and the options open to each person as I coach and train them to sing individually and as a choir.   Although, I am not in the formal classroom now I still teach my choir and some of the methods learned can certainly be applied to them.