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bandteacher1 · 02-24-2010, 02:38 PM

I'll take the bait...

1. I teach well over 400 students Mon-Fri

2. I have a husband and three adopted sons

3. I marched with The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corp

4. I wear glasses, but only when I have to read something. Like a score.

5. One of my all time favorite bands is The Beach Boys

6. My Guilty pleasure band is the Charlie Daniels Band

7. I can teach anybody how to play anything as long as they want to and they try.

8. My teaching methods are off the wall. I do not write people up, kick them out of the room, or send them to the office. Instead, they serve a session with me doing manual labour; whatever I happen to need done.

9. My little brother is a Mass State Trooper. He's also a pest because he pulls me over for no good reason.

10. My mom plays piano with the BSO.

11. My dad was in the US Navy.

12. I speak a little French, and Italian.

13. I'm half Irish and half Italian.

14. I've broken 26 bones as a result of a marching band injury.

15. I will always fight for my students.

16. In 13 years of teaching, I've written up a total of three people.

17. I've been punched in the face four times, by studnents.

18. I've been stabbed twice, once by a student.

19. I teach at a regional high school

20. When I was 14, I sailed from Boston to Charleston, SC, with my dad and brother.

21. My dog's name is Toby and he's fully trained. He only listens to me.

22. My husband, Chrisitian, is an EMT.

23. I have 4 best friends, whom I've known since high school. We're all professional musicians.

24. I play with several performing groups. A brass choir, a chamber orchestra, a youth orchestra (I'm the director), and a string quirtet.

25. And finally, I used to be able to tap dnace when I was a kid. Now it's ball room-slow dancing.