In my practice, if anything was possible I would love to shift towards learner focused teaching. At the moment, I am studying guitar with my Year Nine class. So far it has been teacher-directed: I have chosen to present the new skills in the way I know how to (i.e. the way I was taught) and the songs, so far, are the songs I have chosen. I have decided that, for the next two weeks, they will choose their own repertoire, and learn a chord sequence (riff) from one song, and play it to me as part of their assessment, rather than the assessment I had planned. What do I hope to achieve from this? Through choosing their own repertoire, I would imagine that students would be more engaged in their learning journey. By choosing their own song, they would be more passionate about that choice and be more engaged in mastering chords. By individualising that choice, I hope to engage all learners. I have a few students who are not learning the chords we have practised so far. The majority are responsive, engaged, and happy to play the songs I have presented to them. Might those few students who have not done the requisite practice to build that crucial muscle memory respond positively to this opportunity? I have to allow for some time-wasting in this exercise. With choice, sometimes, there comes uncertainly. And indecisiveness.