Willy raised his hand again.
Jojo: What do you want now, Willy?
Willy: Aren't you kind of short for a high school student.
Jojo: Your point?
Willy: Well, I don't know. You just seemed like a fifth grader to me.
Jojo glared at Willy.
Jojo: Well sorry. If it bothers you, deal with it. I'm not buying stilts.
Milley: Don't pick on him, Willy! I like his height.
Jojo: Class, can we please just focus? Okay. First, we must all learn the scale. It goes from letters A to G.
Jojo drew some lines on the chalkboard. A who boy by the name of Sammy raised his
hand.
Jojo: Yes, Sammy?
Sammy: What about the rest of the alphabet?
Jojo: There is no rest of the alphabet in music. It makes life a whole lot easier if we only have to deal with seven letters when we're reading sheet music. Now-
Missy raised her hand.
Jojo: Missy?
Missy: I thought that the scale was Do-Re-Mi.
Jojo: It is, but when you read music for an instrument, like your horn, letters are easier to identify. Now, for each instrument, it's different. There's a key or button that represents each letter. You may have to hold down more than one. Milley, here has the piano. It's probably one of the easiest instruments for each key is it's own letter. You don't need to hold down more than one to create a new note until you get into chords. If-
Willy: Can we just get to the instrument playing now!?
Lou: Yeah.
Tammy: This is worse than math class!
Glenn: Is this going to be on the test?
Jojo made a face. This was going to be harder than he thought.
Jojo trudged through the door when he got home. His dad greeted him.
Mayor: Hey! Jojo! So how was your first day of teaching?
Jojo: Horrible. These kids treat me bad and criticize my every move! I'm the teacher!
Mayor: Yes, you are the teacher. So why don't you just take charge like you're supposed to?
Jojo: I tried, Dad. They won't listen.
Mayor: Hey, that's life. I go through people that yell at me. Like the chairman.
Jojo: Well, he's not a whole class of kids.
Mayor: It's not just him. Lots of other people yell at me. It seems weird because I'm the mayor, not them, but it's to be expected. You can't please everyone. Just keep doing what you're doing. It will work out.