Comments for Just the meat and the bread

Comment on Fifty Cents, but not the one you’re thinking of by Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:39:28 +0000

I took lessons from Ms. Verna Treadwell for years. If anyone can give me any information on her, that would be wonderful. My lessons were in 1993. She was a wonderful lady, and the article was very accurate. Ms. Treadwell always loved telling her story of how she bought her very first (and only) Steinway.

Comment on Back on the Road by plainy

plainy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:14:59 +0000

Soon and soon, I promise!!!

Comment on Back on the Road by roxane

roxane — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:52:28 +0000

Excellent! When can we expect you in Boston?

Comment on Uncle by luce

luce — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:26:15 +0000

speaking of which, what ever happened to the previous teacher in your position which caused you to be hired in the middle of the school year?

Comment on Uncle by luce

luce — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:00:19 +0000

so… what you’re saying is taht kids should only be subjected to standardized testing right before their teachers go off the deep end and quit?

Comment on optimism by plainy

plainy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:25:46 +0000

I’m delighted horbrastar, sun2, and son1 are willing to take questions. I’ll be contacting you soon with our first round.

Emily and Tattoolady- I’m strangely relieved to hear that someone else has had trouble keeping their temper reigned in. I’m happy to report that I only raised my voice once all day, it was a tiny miracle.

Comment on optimism by son1

son1 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:20:07 +0000

Of course, she did things like this to her children too. The repercussions are that we all tell stories about her to everyone we know. No child-rearing foible goes unremarked.

Comment on optimism by sun, too

sun, too — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:46:48 +0000

Have you gotten our postcard yet?

Also, tattoolady wanted me to tell you, in response to this post, that she once flipped her wig while teaching and threw a book at a student’s head. The force of impact shocked him dumb. There were no repercussions because she was teaching at a military school.

Comment on Not teaching by son1

son1 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:24:26 +0000

Don’t you know, plainy, that our relationship is predicated on a never-ending cycle of sin and absolution?

You should just accept it.

Comment on optimism by son1

son1 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:23:26 +0000

And I’m still in training, obvs, but I’d be happy to either (a) answer questions, or (b) pass them along to real scientists who could answer them.