Professor Cheon Geun-ah shared a new story about how yoongi helped a child who was sad because he didnโt know how to play any instruments. yoongi told him, โyour voice is an instrument too. you can sing~โ when the child heard this, he smiled and began singing loudly ๐ฅบ
Q. How did Suga (Min Yoongi) interact with children with autism spectrum disorder?
๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ We conducted the program 10 times in total, and each time lasted about 90 minutes. There was a really impressive session. Do you know the song <Me to You, You to Me>? Itโs a very famous song that everyone knows, young or old. He sang that song, and this one kid was like, โI know this song!โ and then Suga-sshi be like, โHow do you know this song?โ and the kid would answer, โI listen to it all the time when I go camping with my dad!โ, like that, and then we sang out loud. I remember all the therapists who worked together were all laughing happily.
Isnโt music something that breaks down language barriers for people around the world? There were instruments on display, and when we asked them to choose the one they wanted, some chose hand bells, some chose xylophones, some chose drums, some chose electronic drums, and some brought instruments they liked or knew how to play, like clarinet or saxophones. They chose various instruments and played together. At that time, Suga-sshi be like, "You start first, and I'll match it." And he matched with the rhythm.
And there was a session where they had to write letters to each other. Suga-sshi would gently play the guitar to match the speed of the speech, the rhythm too, he would match it like, speed up or slow down to match the speed. With that, thanks to Suga-sshi, the children got to experience the words and music coming together.
Interestingly, although we told the parents (of children with autism spectrum disorder) that Suga-sshi was participating as an assistant therapist and volunteer, our children participated it without knowing that the music teacher was Suga-sshi at all. I want to tell you that they participated until the end without knowing at all that Suga-sshi was the music teacher or that he was the teacher who played the guitar.
๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ Since Suga-sshi has always been interested in youth mental health, I think he felt more and more about the importance of these systematic treatment system, platform, and hardware for children and adolescents through continuous communication with me. So, Suga-sshi suddenly felt the desire to create such a dedicated space and provided financial support of 5 billion won.
Apparently the kids werenโt told that he was a celebrity/bts member so they thought he was their guitar teacher and they all called him teacher๐ฅน๐ฅน๐ฉ๐ฉ
He's really teaching these kids, they said he's the best teacher! I know he's teaching them so softly and patiently omg i'm crying ๐ญ
"Mr. Min! I often listen to this song with my dad when we go camping. Please play it first"
"Mr. Min I want to perform the xylophone and ukulele I learned in the Mind Program in front of more people! I think I can do it"
"Mr. Min the reason handbells are good is because they sound like rain."