Nope! Class time rolled around and it was forty five minutes of posture posture posture and finger movements. Mrs. Bell didn’t care about the interesting music I had created, she just wanted me to tick off silly boxes and follow “the plan”.
I’ve barely touched a piano since.
I've switched to guitar on my own initiative, started jamming, playing in bands, composing my own music with friends - and it was such fun.
Never touched piano since then.
Reading through other comments here makes me think that as humans we suck at teaching music to children.
I did pick up an old classical guitar at a girlfriend's house and started on Simon and Garfunkel and Beatles, and have been playing guitar (and bass, mandolin, slide guitar and lap steel) for the past 45 years, so the music was there!
Having brought up 3 kids, it is sometimes hard to know when to encourage them to push through on something and when to let it die.
The technique is important, but it's often for nothing if it's not in support of a distinct musical voice.