everyone dreaded sixth grade because of her infamous Research Project.
said project was biographical and included the following:
-a twelve page paper about the person
-a timeline marking important events in the life of the person [with pictures, if possible]
-a fifteen minute speech AS the person [complete with costume]
-an activity or quiz for the class to participate in that has something to do with your person and why he or she was important
-and a handmade doll mounted on a cardboard background.
we moved to two rock, california when i was eleven.
right before the sixth grade.
when i heard of mrs. hall's reputation and INSANE research project, i was terrified, overwhelmed, and completely unprepared for such a task.
but i realized that with this project, as with most things in life, it was completed little by little and despite my trepidation, i did it! i'm still proud of the work i did in that class and had completely forgotten about that project until today at 12:20pm in my humanities 202 class.
right now, we're learning about the romantic period in music. we've been listening to a lot of puccini and wagner.
today, we listened to rachmaninoff.
my professor told us that rachmaninoff's piano concertos are the most difficult piano pieces to date and that you are a true professional pianist when you can play them.
to demonstrate this, he showed us a video of the subject of my 6th grade project, vladimir horowitz.
i realized while i was watching that i had never seen him play because back in 1998, youtube didn't even exist.
and after watching, i can say that my respect for this man has grown exponentially.
not only did he successfully and beautifully place this piece, HE DID IT FROM MEMORY.
see for yourself:
1 comment:
I love this video! I thought your research paper was fifteen pages long. You really were prepared to do papers in her class.
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