With our oldest doing “distance learning” from home for well over a month now, Kirby and I have increasingly stepped into the role of teacher not just with our violin and viola students, but with our own son in his school curriculum.  Quotes like this have helped me, not to be perfect, but to do a better job of creating an environment in which my son is able to learn.  Kirby and I certainly hope that fear has no place in our studio and our lessons, and that our students learn to “welcome” their mistakes and learn from them!