February 2012
51 posts
MAHLER. MAHLER. MAHLER. MAHLER. MAHLER. MAHLER.
John Williams has been nominated for 47 Academy...
Holy poop.
“Scientists do not trust what is intuitively obvious, because intuitively obvious...”
– Carl Sagan - Wonder and Skepticism. (via scipsy)
Michael Daugherty is such an awesome composer.
I’m listening to this Pacific Symphony concert with two of his pieces, and we played his piece Alligator Alley last week at honor band.
Five Reasons I don't Assign Homework →
world-shaker:
A short, but provocative article. This one may be the most incendiary thing on the list:
3 — Homework impinges upon a student’s time with family and on other, more valuable, activities — like play. As Alfie Kohn states in The Homework Myth, why should children be asked to work a second shift? It’s unconscionable to send children to work for nearly eight hours a day, then have...
I'm so stressed out lately.
Stuff is happening so fast. I (hopefully!) get my driver’s license within the next week, I’m swamped with schoolwork, my GSA audition is a week from Saturday, and I take the ACT in two weeks. Thankfully, my friends can keep me pretty relaxed and worry-free.
I just want to skip to college already. Studying what I love and playing music every day — that’s the life I...
I just want to read books, drink coffee, and...
“It surprises me how disinterested we are today about things like physics, space,...”
– Stephen Hawking (via crownedrose)
Movie marathon tonight.
Just finished The Hangover. Next I’m gonna watch The Social Network, and then if I’m not too tired to wrap my mind around it, Inception.
Hooray for being alone!
