Why Write Your Tutorial? Compelling Reasons
Posted on February 10, 2008 - Filed Under Writing and Speaking | Leave a Comment
When I was much younger and having one of those father and son talks, dad paused and said reflectively, “son take the time to sit at the feet of some one older than yourself and learn. For one day if you do not, then their knowledge may be lost forever.”
After my fathers death our family began an Odyssey of care giving for five relatives who suffered from dementia, at death and autopsy, was determined to be Alzheimer disease. Wishing to have our family experiences understood by our children, if their parents ultimately became victims of AD, we wrote a journal about our experiences. Those experiences were published on a main frame in 1986 and served as an admonition of my father and we established our Talking Hands Award. Which was to honor the knowledge others shared and was not lost in time and space. Or gone forever!
Read More..>>Simple Steps To Learning Music- Easy Steps To Learning A Musical Instrument
Posted on January 19, 2008 - Filed Under Education | Leave a Comment
Playing a musical instrument is a skill that is often looked at as being reserved for only a select few. From my experience of teaching years of elementary music I have found that the number of students who can be successful with an instrument is far greater than most people believe. In fact, I have yet to find a student who couldn’t make an instrument sound good.
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