Title: Be Present (by AndiBecker Proms) (Inside a Montessori School) Listen… You can hear a feather fall. (Traditional German Teachers complains) You say it’s too much workload You say the forms won’t end You say you need it quiet So home is where you spend Your “real” concentrated hours Away from noise and strain While thirty restless children sit In chaos you explain But we sit in noise all day. We try to concentrate anyway. You call it self-protection You call it overload But maybe what is missing Is presence in the mode BE PRESENT! Not when it’s easy — when it’s hard! BE PRESENT! Not behind your guard! A teacher is not paperwork, Not salary, not chair — A teacher is the adult Who chooses to be there! (The Montessori Contrast) No textbooks stacked like armor No shouting from the front Mixed ages working silently With focus blunt and blunt You hear a feather landing In rooms of quiet fire Because the guide is watching Each learner’s inner wire He knows who worked on fractions Who traced the golden bead Who struggled with attention Who quietly found a need He sees us. All of us. BE PRESENT! That’s the difference you can see! BE PRESENT! And set the children free! Freedom needs a structure, Open space needs care — Montessori proved it long ago: The teacher must be there! (Complaining Teacher) “I need to work at home, it’s quiet.” (Children) It’s never quiet here. (Teacher) “There’s too much bureaucracy.” (Children) We still need you near. (Teacher) “I have to finish paperwork.” (Children) We’re finishing our lives. (Teacher) “The system is exhausting.” (Children) So lead us. Don’t just survive. (School reality in traditional German Schools) In some schools few are chosen The loudest get the light The rest drift into corners Unseen from left to right That’s where the cracks are forming That’s where futures bend When adults defend excuses Instead of choosing to attend (Manifesto) This is not about hatred. It is about responsibility. Open learning does not fail. Absence fails. Freedom does not fail. Unprepared adults fail. Montessori works because the teacher stays. Upschool grows because mentors stay. Alpha School thrives because adults are present all day. Forty-seven hours in Singapore. Fewer holidays. Lower pay. Higher respect. Not because they complain less — But because they stay more. Presence is not oppression. Presence is professionalism. If you are trusted with a nation’s children — Show up. (Future School Vision) Let schools be open all year round Let guidance fill the air Let teachers plan together Instead of disappear Let mentoring be normal Let coaching be the way Let every child be noticed In every single day BE PRESENT! From morning until night! BE PRESENT! Stand up and fight! Fight not with complaint Fight not with retreat But with steady daily presence Where young and old ones meet! BE PRESENT! In open rooms of grace! BE PRESENT! In every learning space! Because the future of a country Is not in files or pay — It lives inside the classroom Where adults choose to stay! We don’t need perfect teachers. We need present ones. Music & Lyrics: Andreas "Andi" Becker (by AndiBecker Proms) © 2026 Andreas "Andi" Becker Produced using ABSound Orchestra & Choir & Soloists (AI-assisted production) BACKGROUND STORY: “Be Present” was written as a wake-up call — not against teachers, but against absence. In many education systems, debates focus on workload, bureaucracy and reform. Yet students rarely complain about policy. What they miss most is presence. The song contrasts two realities: the teacher who retreats behind paperwork and protection, and the teacher who stays — watching, guiding, knowing every learner. It challenges the idea that open learning fails because of freedom. Freedom fails only when adults are not present to structure, observe and support it. Montessori classrooms prove that silence, concentration and self-directed learning are possible — when the guide is fully there. Schools like Upschool and Alpha School show the same principle: openness works when teachers stay engaged all day. “Be Present” argues that professionalism is not about hours claimed, but responsibility lived. Security should enable courage, not retreat. The message is simple: If you are trusted with children, show up. Not perfectly. But consistently. Presence changes everything. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP & COPYRIGHT (Music Work – Suno Pro Version) Work Title: “Be Present” Alternate Title / Version: Suno Pro Version Author / Composer / Lyricist: Andreas “Andi” Becker Artist / Project Name: AndiBecker Proms Production Credit: Produced using ABSound Orchestra & Choir & Soloists (AI-assisted production with Suno Pro) Year of Creation: 2026 Territory: Worldwide 1. Statement of Authorship I, Andreas “Andi” Becker, hereby declare that: I am the original human author of the core creative elements of this work, including (as applicable) the lyrics, musical themes, melodies, harmonic structure, song concept, and arrangement direction. The AI system used (Suno Pro, via ABSound Orchestra & Choir & Soloists) was employed as a production and rendering tool under my creative control and according to my instructions. 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