My two favorite times of the year are Spring and Fall. If you have noticed all the cotton coming out of the fields and the pumpkins for sale, you know it is fall. We also have fall festivals everywhere. Why do we like to be scared at a haunted house? I believe it is because we like strong feelings.Even if something has a negative part to it, it can be overridden by our preference to feel something as opposed to feeling nothing. This may be the same phenomenon that drives our curiosity,our restlessness, or boredom. We love the experience of a building up of tension and relief. The best part of all about being scared on Halloween or in a scary movie is the huge relief at the end when we or our hero emerges safe and sound. We like to work through situations and make them come out better.
For better or for worse, humans are like to be problem solvers and when things didn’t go well in the past, we like to replay the situation and have it come out differently. We all recall the experience of being scared when it didn’t feel so good, but we go right back and do whatever it is again. Is that why I like piano contests? Maybe. I like the thrill of victory and working through problems to make things successful.
The All Boys Recital is next Saturday. Four of my boys are entered. Then the next event is the theory test on November 6th. Believe me, I have more tension preparing for theory than going to a scary movie. I hope my heroes come out victorious that day.
The students with the most incentive beads are Elizabeth and Rachael, both with 13. Elizabeth has a gold bead too. Most students have 7-9: some as few as 4. Work for every opportunity.
Trivia question worth 1 extra bead: Who sang Purple People Eater and when?
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