Why it’s embarrassing to be a music teacher around the Super Bowl

It has become an annual, very online tradition for a battle to ensue in online Music Ed spaces about televised music presentations. National Anthems, Inaugurations, and Sportsball Intermissions Oh My!

Due in large part to the social media algorithm driven “race to the bottom of the brainstem, we only see two options in our feed. This post will not go viral. It doesn’t feed the rage machine. Well, at least, I don’t think it will. We either get the “judgmental that’s not very good quality music, just ask me I’m a music teacher” proclamations, or the “I am way more moral and righteous than you because I understand this music. If you don’t understand it then you are on some spectrum between stupid and bigoted.”

For anyone that follows this platform, you already know… These are BOTH embarrassing approaches for music educators to take publicly. The question is whether or not they are aware of the cringe.

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