Bye

[iiipopes]

Even with the limited attendendance aspect of his IEP, my son's school makes special arrangements for him to take all the standardized tests, because:
1) With his migranes, he has to take on-line courses through the school, but at home. He has been de-bugging the high school curriculum (emails to his supervising teacher to the effect of, "The correct answer is not on this question of the test. It needs to be (fill in the appropriate answer to the unit of subject matter) since he was in 7th grade;
2) When he takes the preliminary standardized testing designed to inform the teachers where students may need more reinforcement before taking the MAP test (ScanTron or something like that), the test is basically a "three-wrong-in-a-row-and-you're-done." It's designed for the majority of the student body to finish up in about three days. They have to give him a full two extra days and extra levels of complexity before he reaches fallout; and
3) They come and get him for MAP testing (the required no-child-left-behind measuring test) because he makes an actual measurable difference in the overall average of his grade level. Not much, granted, but actually measureable so the school can keep their federal funding.

[bloke]

Ancre-Langue has been shown to be an effective decay preventative dentifrice that can be of significant value when used in a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care.

[David Richoux]

I was just wondering if anyone has recently had a reading comprehension test?Y'all would likely fail it. As a final shot, try reading this and figure out how it applies to music:

Dude, this is just a Tuba related Board, cool? If you want to be an intellectual, try going somewhere else.

...snipping some amazing stuff...

Sir,

I salute you in your reply - one of the best I have read in many years of Internet Boards!

Yay and Bravo!

[KiltieTuba]

I wonder if the OP will respond?

[the elephant]

I was pretty certain that we had purposefully worked for decades to rid ourselves of that awful French "sound" and "style" of brass playing. I certainly did. Gross. Just gross.

[cjk]

[cktuba]

I don't find the use of the French battle flag particularly appropriate ...

[Mark]

Ancre-Langue has been shown to be an effective decay preventative dentifrice that can be of significant value when used in a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care.

+1

[DP]

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[snorlax]

This is the same guy that said the only way to be a great euphonium player was to play a Willson 2900 with a BB1 mouthpiece.

In my line of non-euphonium work, finance, I wish I had the lock on truth he seems to have.

Mentioning himself in the same breath as Arnold Jacobs was the last straw.

Anchors? Away!

Snor "I just filed my 1% tax return and I'm in a foul mood; you just got in the way" lax

[the elephant]

Anchors? Away!

Aweigh.

Just picking nits! HAHAHA!!!

[Mark]

Anchors? Away!

Aweigh.

Just picking nits! HAHAHA!!!

A few years ago, I played for an orchestra that had a theme concert about the sea. They entitled the concert "Anchors Away!" AND on their very expensive, full-color posters they had a picture of the SS Normandie. Clearly, they did not run this by anyone who knew anything about maritime history.

* The original poster will get the French connection to the SS Normandie.