And just like that, we have finally reached our very last blog...

At the start of the semester, I myself did not necessarily find music education to be as important as some other subjects as Mathematics, Life Skills, Language and Art itself, but then I got to realise as the semester went on that music is also deemed as an art, and it is just interpreted differently by everyone. Now, as we reach the end of the semester, I feel that no learner should go through the Foundation Phase without having music worked into their curriculum. 

Individual reflection has taught me to really look at the study units in more detail, and through writing and compiling my individual reflections with all the information out of every study unit in this subject. I have learnt that the blogging made me look at all aspects and ideas around the whole idea of music as a subject and the integration of arts into the curriculum as well as everything related to music in general actually...

I did however find it challenging to get around to actually start the blogging, I kept feeling like it was a waste of my time and that I have so many other assignments and tests to do, that I didn't even really feel like doing the blogging, but once I actually started, I couldn't stop, and it ended up getting me to really concentrate on what I read and studied throughout this subject, making me grateful to the blogging at the end of the day.

I found my individual reflections very meaningful, because it made me feel like my own reflection and / or opinion is important enough to be heard, even though I wrote my reflections about each given study unit, I still feel like I could make it sound like my own and be HEARD...

If I had the opportunity to change anything, I don't think I would to be honest, I believe that in every blog I wrote, I was writing it as myself, the real me, the me that dreams of being this amazing teacher that her learners will never forget. I learnt everything that I could, and now I feel that I am ready and able to apply music to my lessons and classroom.

In the LSKM 221 subject, I found it interesting to see how music can be applied to any and almost all classroom situations, I found myself to be grateful to know all the values of music as well as arts integration with and to other subjects. I found it meaningful to know how much I ended up loving this subject. What challenged me in this subject was if I'm still honest, even though I ended up enjoying it, the blogging, it forced me to really think about the work that this subject covers and the intensity of really focusing on key points in order to write the blog. I do not think however that I struggle to understand something specific that is related to this subject, but I do think I obviously would need to practice what I've learned before I can fully be able to answer that question. I can honestly say that there isn't a single thing I didn't find to be valuable in this subject and everything that I studied and did in it...

That's it from me for now... Thanks for listening! :)