Posted in 3478, 2720, 3479, 3480, 3482, 3481, 3426, 3159, mind, the, and, a, 2731, 2861, General on Jul 23rd, 2008 Comments Off
Not quite the day-after report I’d hoped to make, but as we’ve discussed recently in the Milton seminar, time is a difficult dimension that consistently weighs on Milton’s mind and ours. So later and briefer than I’d like, here are my thoughts.
The evening was magical as ever. This surprised me a bit, truth to tell, […]
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Posted in driven, gardner, thought, young, man, emailed, mary kathryn, surviving, winter, old, music a, amazing, mind, the, music, story, link, prodigy, yr, and, General on Nov 14th, 2007 Comments Off
Gardner,
Thought you might find this 15 yr old young man’s music and mind amazing.
Mary-Kathryn at Surviving Winter emailed me the link to this story: “Driven to Music–A Prodigy at Age 15.” She was right about my response. Jay Greenberg is obviously an extraordinarily gifted young man.
There’s much to comment on here, but […]
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Posted in teacher, mind, open, cleverer, student, bold, creative, hard, my, students, bear, committed, General on Sep 22nd, 2007 Comments Off
I tell my students again and again that I’m a better teacher when they’re better students, and that part of being a better student is not just being a cleverer student but being a more open and committed student. Bear down hard, be prepared for class, be creative and bold, and above all let me […]
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