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...kind of doting, but not blind." Now she is toying with the idea of acting. She has already turned down Bollywood offers, but is thinking of doing a small-budget Indian film. Like her father, Anoushka has also begun to teach. So far she has just one pupil - the college-student daughter of family friends. Though Anoushka says she's not an overly strict instructor, like her father, she demands plenty of practice. Q&A TIME: What was it like having your father as your musical guru? SHANKAR: Now we have a pretty good balance, but it was more difficult...
Even with the restored funding, there have been worries that Metco’s cost to suburban school districts might erode its support. Schools receive only $2,880 per Metco student, whereas the average per-pupil expenditure in Massachusetts is over $7,000. But on the contrary, while suburban participation has remained steady overall, the town of Bedford is significantly increasing its Metco enrollment for the coming year, from 46 to approximately 70 students...
GERMANY School Massacre In the most shocking incident of its kind in recent German history, a 19-year-old expelled pupil opened fire on school staff members, killing 13, as well as two students and a policeman, before turning the gun on himself. Police said the scene at the Gutenberg Gymnasium in the eastern city of Erfurt was a "picture of horror," with bodies strewn throughout the building. The shooting followed a similar revenge attack at a school outside Munich in February and came as parliament coincidentally voted to extend already strict controls on weapons ownership...
Composer and Stravinsky pupil Ingolf Dahl once said about this music, “Stravinsky thinks of his music in terms of its speaking quality, as if it were giving voice to the inflection of the protagonists and their story.” This quality of Stravinsky was perfectly conveyed by the BSO’s performance...
This time of year begs an evaluation of some sort, so—as head teaching fellow in the course—I’ve decided to grab a red pen and rate the mid-year performance of each pupil...