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I absolutely agree with you.

But...um, uh...this is a private school.








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That doesn't matter, Eva. It's the learning process that is important. The only problem with private schools, is that they are too homogeneous.

I know. I've avoided private schools up to this point because of exactly that. Fortunately, this one is not religious and has more diversity than many of the other local private schools.

SonofEva had a great public elementary school. But the secondary schools in our area did not measure up. His assigned neighborhood school has 30 kids in a class, is a physically rough environment, and has low educational standards. It has been on the State Improvement List for the last three years.

In Tulsa (like many communities) the public school system is doing a great job for the upper 5% of secondary students as well as the lower 50%. But it is not serving the typical above-average student well at all. Those are the students they are losing to private schools. Perhaps they have shifted their focus because of that. I don't know. All I know is that the public school didn't offer a good learning experience for my child.

I'm certain that is true, Eva. And that child prodigy of yours needs to be in a nurturing environment. It is really too bad, folks, that the public doesn't appreciate the public school system, and really see the necessity of doing all it can to insure that the powers at be support THE TEACHER.

Ok, That's my rant for today. Back later to examine Bob's bio's. Really interested in Baretta. <smile>

One quick fact, folks, before I watch Camille.

Giuseppe Verdi's name in American is Joe Green.

By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door
She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left that girl so many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working
She'll prob'ly stop at lunch and give me a call
But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringin'
Off the wall that's all

By the time I make Oklahoma she'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name out loud
And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
Tho' time and time I try to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go.

<sniff>

Don't go, George!

Well...
Since you insist.

Side note: we faced the same public/private school question with our
youngest. And made the same choice.

Camille.

Not without considerable anguish too, I bet.

(Both ideological and financial.)

Well, listeners. Eva and George are talking private stuff, and Letty just finished watching Camille.

What a fantastic movie. Robert Taylor was charming and handsome, and did a great job of acting, and Greta Garbo was wonderful. Can't seem to find the right adjectives.

Need to become sober and do that Baretta song. Not to worry. I'll get it together shortly.

Strange how little we cry in real life and then openly weep at a sad movie. Perhaps it is therapeutic.

Well, no one seems worried.

I cannot believe that Bonnie was married nine times. Poor Robert(I guess)


Artist: ("Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" by Dave Grusin and M. Ames) Lyrics
Song: Baretta Lyrics

Don't go to bed, with no price on your head
No, no, don't do it.

Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time,
Yeah, don't do it.

And keep your eye on the sparrow.
When the going gets narrow.

Don't do it, don't do it.

Where can I go where the cold winds don't blow,
Now.

Well, well, well.

Didn't take his own device, and I don't think O.J. have paid one cent as yet.

I watched Camille. I didn't notice Robert Taylor's acting, though. I just noticed Robert Taylor. And I also noticed one of the themes in the background started out just like "Another night, another June, another honey(the resemblance ended there), but Joe Green's theme from LaTraviata was lovely throughout.

Raggedy, you are delightful, gal. I noticed that same thing about the theme. I kept waiting for it to resolve into the familiar ending, and it got lost in the coda.

Hey, who was the guy who played the Baron? I do believe he played a lead role in "The Body Snatcher." That movie was scarey, and the acting was marvelous.

Well, I pretend not to notice how damned handsome some men are because I am more interested in their mind.

I just want to say this, listeners. Those old black and white movies may have been a mite melodramatic, but some of the modern ones pale in the production and story line.

Here's an interesting item from the Labor Department, folks:


12 Jobs That Will Never Disappear

By Candace Corner, CareerBuilder.com writer

While we haven't quite reached the age of flying cars, we've certainly made significant strides in civilization. Gone are the heydays of goldsmiths and wheelwrights, but an element of those jobs live on in one form or another. With advancements in technology and science, so come changes in jobs working with them.

And while there are certainly more than 12 occupations that will stand the test of time -- like artist and politician -- check out this list of jobs that have staying power:

Doctor
Teacher
Mortician
Waste disposal management
Scientist
Tax collector
soldier
Religious leader
Law enforcement officer
Farmer
Construction worker
Barber.

Quite a surprise, no?

I would add Air Condition technician to that list.

Jeepers Creepers
Al Donohue

[Written by Al Donohue and Johnny Mercer]

Jeepers, creepers
Where'd ya get those peepers
Jeepers, creepers
Where'd ya get those eyes

Gosh all, git up
How'd they get so lit up
Gosh all, git up
How'd they get that size

Golly gee
When you turn those heaters on
Woe is me, got to put my cheaters on

Jeepers, creepers
Where'd ya get those peepers
Oh, those weepers
How they hypnotize
Where'd ya get those eyes

Well, edgar. I was a bit surprised that lawyer and Indian chief were omitted as well. Love Jeepers Creepers, Texas. 'course if Johnny Mercer did it, I automatically like it.

Speaking of eyes, listeners:

Diana Ross

Them There Eyes
(From the album "LADY SING THE BLUES")

(M. Pinkard/W. Tracy/D. Tauber)

I fell in love with you
The first time I looked into
Them there eyes
'Cause you have a certain
Little cute way of flirting with
Them there eyes

They make me feel so happy
They make me feel so blue
I'm falling, no stalling
In a great big way for you

My heart is jumping
You started something with
Them there eyes
You better look out
Little brown eyes
If you're wise

They sparkle, they bubble
Gonna get you in a whole lotta trouble
Ooh baby, them there eyes

promised mrs h to take her to venice "some day" .
she thinks now might be a good time to make good on my promise .
so we'll be leaving in early october , visit with family in hamburg/germany , (hopefully) see walter and his better half and be off to venice before returning to good ol' canada - and lake ontario - no gondolas here !
hbg

PERRY COMO Song Lyrics (couldn't find a true italian gondolier's song - perry will have to do)
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Mandolins In The Moonlight
(From the album "SOMEBODY LOVES ME")

( Mandolins in the moonlight!
Beautiful music of love! )

We're not in Venice,
in a gondola,
beneath the skies of blue,
and yet it seems we're there signorina
an' I'm close to you!

'Cause I hear mandolins in the moonlight,
mandolins in the moonlight!
See what magic you start?
A song of Italy sings
in perfect tune with the strings
of my heart!

We won't be tossin'
coins in the fountain
down in Rome tonight
and yet my dreams come true signorina
when you hold me tight!

'Cause I hear mandolins in the moonlight,
mandolins in the moonlight!
See what magic you start?
A song of Italy sings
in perfect tune with the strings
of my heart!

< instrumental break >

Now, here's the way
they whisper ";I love you";
down in Napoli
";ti voglio bene mia signorina";
and thata goes for me!

'Cause I hear mandolins in the moonlight,
mandolins in the moonlight!
See what magic you start?
A song of Italy sings
in perfect tune with the strings
of my heart!

Mandolins in the moonlight,
beautiful music of love!

Play it again, Ham.