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Many, many parts to weave and balance - needs ensemble skills, even though it's for solo piano.
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Introduction | Groundhog Day Students | "Whatever Students" | Phantom Students Bookless Wonders | The Bulldozer Chatterbox | Mannequins | The non-practicer
The Arguer | Painful Parents |"Can't do" students | Checking the final score
Type 6: The Mannequin
These students present the opposite challenge to that of a Bulldozer Chatterbox. 
Far from interrupting your every point, they steadfastly refuse to say anything. In the worst cases, even their facial expressions don't seem to respond to what you say, giving you the eerie feeling that you're conducting a lesson at Madam Tussauds.
The big problem here is momentum—you'll be responsible not only for initiating everything that happens, but for then sustaining it. Were you to pause for breath for just a moment, the student would just sit there looking, waiting obediently but creepily for What's Next. Just as even the most talented actors struggle when they're working with a wooden and unresponsive colleague, you'll find your creativity being sucked away, as you sneak glances at the clock, willing it forward...and the core question returns:
Why are you doing this to yourself?...
A) Definitely. I would have to take their pulse to be sure they're alive (10 points)
B) There are occasional flickers, but normally all communication is one-way traffic (6 points)
C) It's an occasional problem (2 points)
D) Not at all (0)