the scarlet bass

November 5, 2007 at 10:51 PM

To begin on a positive note, my second group of beginning Suzuki students are blasting through all their twinkles and can do the hardest parts of Lightly Row. Now for the rest of the day:

A few years ago, I accidentally used a permanent marker on a dry erase board. I discovered it would come off if I used a dry erase marker on top of it. Well, this nifty little trick came in handy today. Remember the bass being used as a hurdle? Well, it apparently came back from jazz band on Friday with a large letter "A" written in permanent marker on the back. I discovered it today, after the aforementioned bass player had to set her bass down as I wrote her up for threatening another student who had corrected her ebonics-laden grammar (where verb tense and order are entirely optional). Anyway, the bass is all spiffy again, and I'll find out tomorrow what happens to the bassist. This all made another student happy, as I did not have time to deal with her perpetual interruptions.

Then, the end of the day just made more smoke come out of my ears. My fellow fine arts colleagues turned in an incorrect date and time to the fine arts chair of the district (because no one looked at a calendar), as well as decided that our holiday program would be off-site. I haven't been privy to any of this, as I am itinerant and nothing had been communicated to me. We have no location for a concert that is happening in 5 weeks. I might explode if I go on, so I'll just leave it at that.

Now, since I spent seven hours yesterday preparing class materials and doing grades, after I teach my daughters violin lessons, I am going to be a real musician and practice Beethoven Symphony #1.

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 4:54 AM

I extend my sympathy to you again.

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