piano lesson

My wife teaches private piano lessons from our home in the afternoon. She does a wonderful job with these kids and has a devoted following of several students and their families.

Normally I'm not home during the lessons, but happened to be for just a while this afternoon. I couldn't help but chuckle when I heard her comments during a lesson for a 9-year-old boy:

Beth to student: "If you were on American Idol, and I were Simon, I would say 'This would be a 'so-so' performance. It just didn't do it for me.' "

Beth to student: "Sounds like a herd of elephants with a gas problem."
(Student was playing an electric keyboard in the room with the piano. Beth lets them experiment with it while waiting on their parents -- usually they wear headphones, he hadn't plugged them in yet.)

Student: "I don't gots no homework to do."
Beth: "Sounds like you need to go study your grammer."

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Cards Win! Again! 3-0. On the road, no less.

Marquis pitches a nice game (he still scares me), and continues to help his cause by being the best-hitting pitcher in the game (shades of Bob Forsch?). And, what a great effort by the pen today!

I am excited.

Go Cards!