Other School Work

I just realized that I haven't posted about my other classes lately. You'll remember that, in addition to Music Theory, I am also taking Beginning Swimming, Piano, and Marine Biology.

Marine Biology has been SO MUCH FUN! We have gone on several field trips, most recently to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve to explore the tidepools.

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In addition to field trips, we have to do a couple of presentations. My individual presentation, which I have to give this coming Monday (Dec 1), is on the tubeworms that live at the deep sea hydrothermal vents. We have to use PowerPoint & the presentation can't be any longer than 5 minutes. I've still got a few days to practice the presentation itself, but the PowerPoint is finished. I'll see about posting it here after Monday's class.

On Dec 8th, we have to give our group presentations on "Do You Know the Fish You're Eating?" Each lab group (3-4 people) has to go to at least 5 restaurants and 5 markets, find out what kind of fish & shellfish they sell, are the fish farm-raised or wild-caught, where do they come from, are they over-fished, etc., etc., then present their findings to the class.

In Piano, I've been getting A's on my scales and pieces. We've got one more week of regular assignments, then our final exam will have 2 scales and a longer piece.

In Swimming, I have learned out to crawl and am learning the butterfly stroke. It's a little difficult to coordinate the hands & feet, but I think I'm getting there.

Next quarter, I plan to take the next class in the Theory sequence, Piano, and Swimming again. I will also take American History (1900 to the present) and am thinking of joining the College Chorale.

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