Rethinking Genius

Since the quarantine I have taken on, with some trepidation, new students.  As in, they were not studying with me before the shutdown.  100% fresh start... and all online. This experience has been interesting, to say the least.  I will admit that I approached the whole "starting an online new student" thing with a toe dip rather than a full cannonball into the pool.  The first one I took on was older (seven), her mom used to play violin in middle school, and I've taught her grandmother violin for some time now.  Can't get much better than that, right? I have become bolder in subsequent new students.  Younger students with less experienced parents.  Each experience is so different!  Each child responds to online lessons differently.  Plus the nature of having lessons in their house (compared to coming to lessons in my studio) adds a grocery list of extra variables.  Did the dog run through the lesson?  Did the younger sibling decide to have a meltdown?  Each week varie