This is the time in my life where I decide weather or not my future will be what everyone else thinks should be, or something else still waiting to be revealed. Ever since I've started middle music school, my violin teacher has became greedy and I've created a phobia from him. Every time I go to his classes I am scared what he might say. I have a sort of awe for him. I've asked some of my 2nd grade friends how was his altitude towards them and they said the same things that I am going trough right now. Time passed by and today I realize that he has changed and that I have to accept it. The new problem came. Remember the Sarasate violin piece that I've put on the boards a few months ago? The one I was supposed to play this year? Well, it seems that there isn't even a P from the word PLAY. He is always giving me etudes and every single class another one comes. I now have 5 etudes that I have to practice, which is waaay over the limit for me. I've asked my friend what he gave her when she was 1st grade, and she said the same. Just thinking of etudes gives me the chills. I am extremely bored with them, but he can't understand it. It's like watching, for example, your finger all day. At first it's interesting, but when the time passes by, it becomes really boring and you just want to do something else, something better. Well, I want to play the same composition that I've put on the board a efw months ago, but I am too afraid to tell him that, because I don't know how is he going to react on the situation... Does anyone have any good advice to give me? I am really in a tricky position right now.