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My parents and some of my bosses were very negative to me and it affected me severely. I internalize what people say, but I try to prove them wrong. It is a constant battle between self doubt and self affirmation. I have a lot of respect for you because you persisted in studying the violin. Bravo! And bravo to you too, for persevering, Pauline! Personally, my next step in perserverence will be to put myself under tutelage again. I'm a little gunshy, you know? But aren't teachers valuable? Here's a toast to students: may we develop thicker skins and determined spirits! emily, i didn't know you went to University of Oklahoma. when did you attend there? '93-'94. I graduated in '97 with an education degree. Did you attend there?

I also noticed you mentioned in a thread comment that you were playing the Rumanian folk dances. Me too! Yeah, you gotta watch for tension when it gets all exciting at the end. Makes me wish I took AT!

i didn't go there, but i had a friend from interlochen who did. she started in 96 as violin performance, so i don't know if you knew her. her name is karen stokke. i heard the violin faculty underwent a lot of changes around that time.
i love studying the folk dances. they're not too terribly difficult, but challenging in all the right areas for me.
cheers! i hope your studio has become a lot nicer to you than it was last month! Ha, I just posted my latest of adventures in Studioland!

No, I didn't meet Karen that I know of. I stayed away from the music department, except once a couple of years later when I accompanied a friend's jury on the piano. My professor was on the panel, and he greeted me with, "I didn't know you were still around, I thought you dropped out of school." Nice to see you, too. He really knew a lot about the violin, but simple lacked tact at times.