You did make me smile with this one! I used to say the same thing quite often to my middle school students. Not a music teacher, but it sure brings back memories! I love your site π WG
I was history teacher 33 years. But teens in Miami so far below grade level my focus was as a reading and writing teacher. If they learned any history – that was a by-product.
π I understand. I taught English and some history/Civics during my last 15years. We went to “inclusion” for our special ed. programs, so I had large groups of special needs students mixed in to most classes those last few years. A challenge π Did you have a lot of ESL students? We started getting Spanish speakers who came with little or no English, and they scheduled them into my regular English classes. They were very nice kids, however, and I learned to really enjoy them.
Used to have ESL years back but the communities in Miami are fairly naturally segregated and ESL kids were sent to primarily Spanish population schools. Federal guidelines re racial/ethnic mix are meaningless in Miami Dade as 85% minority and 55% foreign born anyway. The last school at which I taught was 95% Haitian because North Miami has the highest concentration of Haitians in US except for New York City. The foreign kids were such recent immigrants I felt ESL of little help and let them do the lessons in Spanish with Spanish text books but did use English orally somewhat.
You need to rent the movie Whiplash. It gave me a “new”
appreciation for music students!!!! The guy playing the teacher was the biggest SOB I have seen in a long time….haha He even won an Oscar for playing such a good “bad” teacher!
30 responses to “Study your “Notes” by Carl D’Agostino”
Maxi
February 28th, 2015 at 08:14
The “ears” have itβ¦
blessings ~ maxi
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earthriderjudyberman
February 27th, 2015 at 22:34
You gotta be sharp when you’re in school or you’ll be flat out of luck. Good one, Carl. π
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webdonut
February 27th, 2015 at 12:31
I guess they’re planning on doing it A Capella.
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Carl D'Agostino
February 27th, 2015 at 13:12
Isn’t he the new short stop the St Louis Cardinals just picked up ?
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poemsandponderings
February 27th, 2015 at 00:15
Who cares about papers and pens? He grades on a “scale” anyway..
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Carl D'Agostino
February 27th, 2015 at 13:12
You are setting the curve too high on this scale.
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poemsandponderings
February 28th, 2015 at 23:33
About as high as a Navajo “cleff” dwelling..
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jbstoons
February 26th, 2015 at 18:00
Through sound. Lol
Sent from my iPhone
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Carl D'Agostino
February 27th, 2015 at 13:26
I see you know music stuff. I know nothing about music but can make a mean screech blowing on a blade of grass held between my thumbs.
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simplyilka
February 26th, 2015 at 15:49
An orchestra without notes π Lovely!
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Carl D'Agostino
February 27th, 2015 at 13:13
Now all they need id somewhere to play.
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Heartafire
February 26th, 2015 at 14:43
a wonderful post Carl, I lost you when I changed addresses, found you in the reader today, so glad!
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Carl D'Agostino
February 26th, 2015 at 15:13
Go Dolphins. Go Marlins. Go Heat.
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Heartafire
February 26th, 2015 at 15:38
Yay!!! Go University of Miami, Florida State University, and FIU!
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Carl D'Agostino
February 27th, 2015 at 13:14
Ah, I went to little ol’ Florida Southern for BA ’71 and Barry College for MA ’80.
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woodlandgnome
February 26th, 2015 at 14:36
You did make me smile with this one! I used to say the same thing quite often to my middle school students. Not a music teacher, but it sure brings back memories! I love your site π WG
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Carl D'Agostino
February 26th, 2015 at 15:12
I was history teacher 33 years. But teens in Miami so far below grade level my focus was as a reading and writing teacher. If they learned any history – that was a by-product.
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woodlandgnome
February 26th, 2015 at 16:01
π I understand. I taught English and some history/Civics during my last 15years. We went to “inclusion” for our special ed. programs, so I had large groups of special needs students mixed in to most classes those last few years. A challenge π Did you have a lot of ESL students? We started getting Spanish speakers who came with little or no English, and they scheduled them into my regular English classes. They were very nice kids, however, and I learned to really enjoy them.
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Carl D'Agostino
February 27th, 2015 at 13:24
Used to have ESL years back but the communities in Miami are fairly naturally segregated and ESL kids were sent to primarily Spanish population schools. Federal guidelines re racial/ethnic mix are meaningless in Miami Dade as 85% minority and 55% foreign born anyway. The last school at which I taught was 95% Haitian because North Miami has the highest concentration of Haitians in US except for New York City. The foreign kids were such recent immigrants I felt ESL of little help and let them do the lessons in Spanish with Spanish text books but did use English orally somewhat.
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Mark Petruska
February 26th, 2015 at 13:06
Does this school happen to be in “Baton” Rouge? Who else is on “staff”?
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Carl D'Agostino
February 26th, 2015 at 15:09
OK Mark, two 10’s ! I enjoy the way you trumpet your humor.
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alesiablogs
February 26th, 2015 at 12:05
You need to rent the movie Whiplash. It gave me a “new”
appreciation for music students!!!! The guy playing the teacher was the biggest SOB I have seen in a long time….haha He even won an Oscar for playing such a good “bad” teacher!
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Carl D'Agostino
February 26th, 2015 at 15:08
I’ll have to check it out.
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Dina
February 26th, 2015 at 10:55
Lovely work, Carl! π
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Carl D'Agostino
February 26th, 2015 at 11:03
Appreciate the compliment.
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Let's CUT the Crap!
February 26th, 2015 at 08:07
From memory! π π π
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Carl D'Agostino
February 26th, 2015 at 09:04
Hmmm. That’s why I don’t know jack about music.
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Let's CUT the Crap!
February 26th, 2015 at 12:39
π π π
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jrj1701
February 26th, 2015 at 07:04
This is how they will take their notes, with a wee bit of Beatles on the side.
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Carl D'Agostino
February 26th, 2015 at 07:07
Beatles Rule ! Beatles Forever !
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