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In this episode of teaching music today, the topic of discussion is still the current state of Music Education. The first two episodes we heard from teachers about what music education is like today and now we are hearing the perspective of the student. For teachers watching this, talking to your students about their learning experience is one of the most valuable pieces of advice I could offer. Take the time to discuss with your students about what it is like for them in your class, what it is like for them to learn music, what music they love, and anything else that might help you better serve them. It is important to note that this conversation only works if you as the teacher are willing to reflect on what is shared by your students. Reflect on how what they said can be taken into account when bettering your practice as an educator. Students in this episode discuss what they value as meaningful or have experienced as meaningful in their music education experience. As well as this, they discuss how they view music in society, music they like, as well as other perspectives. It should be noted that this conversation was not planned and the episode was not edited. I tried to keep this episode as organic as possible with regards to the conversation to serve as an example of the types of in depth conversations that students can have about their learning with their teacher.