Last night, I heard the UPenn Choral Society sing Mozart’s Requiem. I know the piece so well that it’s difficult to simply enjoy it without critiquing too much, but all in all it was an enjoyable performance. I’ve titled this post Requiem, by Mozart, et. al. to remind us that Mozart is just one of…

I took a sick day today. This was my first missed day of school. It felt fantastic. I’m only marginally unwell, but the main purpose of the day was to catch up on overdue grad school papers, get ahead on next week’s grad school work, catch up on paperwork that’s been piling up at home…

Physical Science unit test today. So how about some stats: Max score 90% Min score 0% (she ripped it up… then later blamed the boy next to her for ripping it up) Mean score 45% Standard dev 32% 3 out of 12 students had passing grades (and they passed with an A and 2 B’s……

Tomorrow, DARPA is marking the internet’s birthday with balloons and a social networking experiment that you can join. Do it. It’ll be fun. This morning’s bike ride turned into a race between me… and a freight train. My beef with the train started when I arrived at 24th and Locust to find the train blocking…

The newest installment in our Family Motivation for Education series is a note from Dad. Read it here: A Note from Dad. Thanks so much, Dad, for sharing this. Now who wants to go next?

December? It’s hard to believe I’ve been at it this long… it feels like I just started. On the other hand, Institute seems ages away. We had our dress rehearsal for the VNA gig last night in Media, PA. It’s exciting to be singing hard music with talented musicians, since this is something I don’t…