Lets be realistic. Mathematics is not really going to be any different next year when compared to this year, nor is English, Biology or even German class. Yet as a music teacher there a small opportunity to change. Every year there is a music concert and the children of the fifth grade try to pick out a song that they would like to sing.
Of course the children have access to the radio and all have their favorite male and female singers, yet at age 11 they may not really understand those lyrics from Jay Z, Beyonce or Katy Perry.
So of course, most of the suggestions from the class are passed over quickly. Not sure if the parents are ready for “I kissed a girl” coming from a choir of eleven year olds.