Robby was 11 when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer students to begin at an earlier age. Robby insisted that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano, so I took him in as a student. Robby tried and tried while I listened, then I encouraged him and gave him more instructions (指导). But he just did not have any inborn ability. I only saw his mother from a distance. She always waved and smiled, but never came in. Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. I thought about calling him but I guessed he had decided to try som