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I got done with my homework for theo by 9:30 tonight! Read 7 chapters from 3 different books of the Bible, read a poem, and listen to some of Haydn's Creation (which I decided would be "listen to some of the 30 second excerpts on iTunes"). And we have no homework for conversational ASL, which is good in one way, but I"d much rather have homework in that class than the pile I got in regular ASL. All we have had to do so far in conversational ASL is watch vlogs (which I do for fun anyway) and answer some questions about them (which I don't do for fun, but are easy and short). I have almost all of my Gallaudet stuff in order (whew!), except for the recommendation (should be arriving tomorrow via email) and the other two essays (argh). I'll finish that this weekend and turn it in next week.
Since I finished homework so early, I spent some time browsing iTunes. I downloaded two songs - the Meditation from Thais (got the music today) and the theme from Schindler's List (will supposedly get the music next week). Because I am cheap and won't buy it for myself, I added some music to my birthday list: Carmen (Bizet), Carmen Fantasy (Sarasate), and Romanian Folk Dances (Bartok). I've played a couple pieces from Carmen in high school. Can't remember if I played anything of Sarasate's, but it sounds very familiar. I played a couple of Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances for a recital in high school (junior year, I think?) - "Romanian Polka" and "Fast Dance." Go listen to the excerpts on iTunes. They're really fast but really fun, and they sound amazing with the piano. (They sound a little weird with just violin, and adding the piano completely threw me off the first couple times...and at the start of the recital. But it turned out okay!) We only worked on the high part of the Barber at my lesson, and discussed a bunch of musicy stuff. Btw, the orchestra is having a concert on the first weekend of November (day and time TBA). You should all come.
I start volunteering at Minnesota North Star Academy tomorrow. So nervous. I figured out the bus route this evening. I manage to miss rush hour on my way there, but will hit it coming back, so I'll end up being gone from about 9:30 am until nearly 5 pm. Oh how I love commuting an hour both ways.
I was hanging out in the biology department the other day, and the woman who TA's for the genetics class gave me some really nice compliments. She asked if I was graduating soon, and was shocked that I had another year - she hadn't realized that I took genetics as a first year; she thought I was a junior at the time. She said I was her favorite that year (even though she isn't supposed to have favorites) and was very impressed with my maturity and how well I dealt with the other students. I know part of that "maturity" was just me being quiet becuase I didn't know anyone in the class, was the youngest in there, and didn't particularly like anyone else. They were a very loud, rowdy, and immature bunch who hadn't figured out that you don't gossip with your friends when the teacher is lecturing. I told her about hopefully going to grad school for Deaf Ed, and she got excited and told me that I'll be a wonderful teacher. That was so good to hear. It's one of those things you wonder about...I want to do this, but will I be good at it? She seemed very sure I will, between my "outgoing personality" (what?), my understanding of the material, and how well I can connect with and work with the students. I get all that last stuff, but I'm not too certain about the "outgoing personality" part. I think it's more that I'm comfortable in that setting (the biology department and staff), I know the material, I enjoy it and get excited about it, and when I go into "teacher" mode I can deal with students and people without too much of a problem. Regardless, it was really nice to hear all that, and I feel much better about my future career now.
Since I finished homework so early, I spent some time browsing iTunes. I downloaded two songs - the Meditation from Thais (got the music today) and the theme from Schindler's List (will supposedly get the music next week). Because I am cheap and won't buy it for myself, I added some music to my birthday list: Carmen (Bizet), Carmen Fantasy (Sarasate), and Romanian Folk Dances (Bartok). I've played a couple pieces from Carmen in high school. Can't remember if I played anything of Sarasate's, but it sounds very familiar. I played a couple of Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances for a recital in high school (junior year, I think?) - "Romanian Polka" and "Fast Dance." Go listen to the excerpts on iTunes. They're really fast but really fun, and they sound amazing with the piano. (They sound a little weird with just violin, and adding the piano completely threw me off the first couple times...and at the start of the recital. But it turned out okay!) We only worked on the high part of the Barber at my lesson, and discussed a bunch of musicy stuff. Btw, the orchestra is having a concert on the first weekend of November (day and time TBA). You should all come.
I start volunteering at Minnesota North Star Academy tomorrow. So nervous. I figured out the bus route this evening. I manage to miss rush hour on my way there, but will hit it coming back, so I'll end up being gone from about 9:30 am until nearly 5 pm. Oh how I love commuting an hour both ways.
I was hanging out in the biology department the other day, and the woman who TA's for the genetics class gave me some really nice compliments. She asked if I was graduating soon, and was shocked that I had another year - she hadn't realized that I took genetics as a first year; she thought I was a junior at the time. She said I was her favorite that year (even though she isn't supposed to have favorites) and was very impressed with my maturity and how well I dealt with the other students. I know part of that "maturity" was just me being quiet becuase I didn't know anyone in the class, was the youngest in there, and didn't particularly like anyone else. They were a very loud, rowdy, and immature bunch who hadn't figured out that you don't gossip with your friends when the teacher is lecturing. I told her about hopefully going to grad school for Deaf Ed, and she got excited and told me that I'll be a wonderful teacher. That was so good to hear. It's one of those things you wonder about...I want to do this, but will I be good at it? She seemed very sure I will, between my "outgoing personality" (what?), my understanding of the material, and how well I can connect with and work with the students. I get all that last stuff, but I'm not too certain about the "outgoing personality" part. I think it's more that I'm comfortable in that setting (the biology department and staff), I know the material, I enjoy it and get excited about it, and when I go into "teacher" mode I can deal with students and people without too much of a problem. Regardless, it was really nice to hear all that, and I feel much better about my future career now.