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Patricia Baser

Cracks, subs, philosophy, sonnambulism , new strings, & one hobbit

March 16, 2007 at 11:32 PM

My week:
Monday-due to many days of low humidity, my bow developed a surprise crack in the frog. It's all repaired now, and fortunately it was not a bad crack, but it was still a surprise.

Tuesday-call another ridiculous number of people to try (but fail) and find a sub for next Thursday.

Wednesday-one Suzuki parent thinks I should run my Suzuki class "military" style. Hmm-I guess a review is in order about Suzuki's philosophy about creating "noble" hearts.

Thursday-my middle school students' internal clocks have yet to reset for daylight's savings. How you can actually snooze on a hard metal chair while everyone else who is playing has still failed to realize that A# and Bb are the same note is truly an amazing skill.

Fri-changed my strings bright and early; used teaching as an opportunity to break them in; enjoyed the look on my 6th & 7th graders faces when they found out the principal was my going to be my sub on Thursday next week.

Tomorrow-sleep past 5 am! And go play in Atlanta for that hobbit-haired singer of "You Raise Me Up".

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