- I need a time machine so I can go back about a year and slap myself for not writing down the solution to a problem that I thought I would never see again, but which still crept up this morning.
- Seriously, at least if it was a zombie, this problem could be neutralized with a shot to the head. This thing just won’t die!
- Call me a coward, but when I pull up to the local stop-n-stab and there are four police cruisers parked at the front door, and that is not a normal situation, I go somewhere else for my drive-home refreshment.
- I must remember to not characterise Girlie Bear’s high school course schedule as “3 AP classes, a math class, JROTC, a computer class, and a bullsh** Choir class.”
- No, I did not say that to Girlie Bear
- No, I do not really believe that fine arts classes are BS. I just don’t know why they’re mandatory.
- If you’re going to blow through red lights after dark and don’t want to become my hood ornament, turn on your bleeding headlights!
- Had an in-depth discussion of the AR build project with Irish Woman over dinner tonight. Apparently she thought I was talking about something else when I told her I bought the stripped lower. Luckily, once I explained what I was talking about, she admitted that I made a good faith effort to inform her of the purchase, so I’m not on the couch over an unauthorized boomstick acquisition.
- To the lady who was singing along to Journey at the top of her lungs with the windows down at the off-ramp tonight, you rock!
Thoughts on the Day
Posted by daddybear71 on August 8, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/08/08/thoughts-on-the-day-43/
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julie
/ August 9, 2012I’ve learnt to write down all solutions to all problems even if i think i’ll never see the issue again – now all i have to do is be able to find it 😦 I’ve used many different methods and none seem to really work!
I also agree on the school front – I’ll ask Miss 10 what she did today and will get a litergy of “choir / music / art / dancing etc etc’.. my follow up quesiton then becomes, “What actual learning did you do today – you know, things like Maths and Science” Too often these days the answer is “none” 😦
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thornharp
/ August 9, 2012That choir class, if the instructor is mixing in some music theory, can help to reinforce and retain what she’s learning in math class, or even in chem or physics if she is/will be taking them.
This assumes an instructor who understands music, and is not just a meatbot delivering a lesson plan.
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LabRat
/ August 9, 2012I’ll give fine arts this much: it’s an education acquiring a skill completely outside your normal set that can’t be faked or bullshitted and must be practiced.
That said, really good arts teachers are few and far between. I was lucky enough to have two, including one hard-nosed old school art teacher who felt that drafstmanship was a motherfucking skill he was going to teach us one piece at a time. He was not impressed by “artiness”.
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daddybear71
/ August 9, 2012Y’all are probably right, but a teacher who a) knows the subject and b) cares more about teaching it than their own self-actualization as an ‘artist’ seem to be few and far between. I hope to be pleasantly surprised.
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Auntie J
/ August 10, 2012My high school chorus teacher, the last two years of high school, was a brilliant man with a doctorate in music and probably one of the best teachers I’ve had. I miss that guy. I like to think he’d be proud of my two years in an audition-only, semi-professional, dang-near-almost-all-a cappella-repertoire college choir.
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Auntie J
/ August 10, 2012In regards to your last observation, this:
You can thank me later.
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Auntie J
/ August 10, 2012Oh, yes.
Not coward.
SMART.
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