It was nice hearing from both of you. We really enjoyed your holiday newsletter and the article written about you, Adam. Mazel Tov! You both are truly amazing and full of life, energy and passion! The Richman cousins were able to get together this past weekend for Hanukkah, unfortunately without Amanda and Jonathan this year. Hopefully both are surviving their final exams this week. We're looking forward to seeing them over winter break and catching up on birthday and holiday celebrations with them too. We're also looking forward to heading down to Florida to visit Stephen and Aunt Judy in January while the boys are on a winter break. Peter is now officially in negotiations with the company looking to hire him away from IBM. I think they want him to start before the end of the year. We'll see what happens. The change sounds great for Peter, however, Ethan will no longer being eligible for his IBM Watson scholarship. He still has opportunities for other scholarships this spring. Jonathan is continuing to plow through tons of physics, astrophysics, and math courses each semester. He's on track to completing his five year (3+2 dual) engineering program for his BSE in physics and astrophysics with a minor in math in three and a half years. It …show more content…
appears the university is now trying to require him to stay for at least four years. He has some interesting summer options this year and I can't wait to hear what he ultimately decides to do. Ethan just completed his Modern physics and (senior-level) Russian poetry courses at Bard College.
One of his Russian poem translations will be published this coming spring. He also had the opportunity to prepare and listen to his String Quartet composition be performed live in concert in November. What an experience for him! His last piano recital of the year is scheduled this weekend and I'm hoping to get a nice recording of him performing the Beethoven 'Pathetique' sonata. During his winter break, he'll begin preparing for his Senior Solo Recital which will include works of Beethoven, Liszt, and Chopin. Peter and I are saving up for piano string repair bills. We're expecting a lot of broken strings with the Liszt
piece. This next semester will be Ethan's last semester at Bard College as a high school student. He decided his last two courses will be Calculus III and General Relativity. He'll have accumulated 36 college credits along side of his 39 high school credits. After taking his college boards entrance exams this fall, it looks like physics will be his intended major wherever he decides to go for his undergrad work. Jonathan was happy to hear this! If I know Ethan though, it'll change twenty more times before he has to officially declare his major a few years down the road! In six months I can officially retire as a home school educational counselor. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to relieving myself of all that pressure! It was, however, amazing to see how home schooling has evolved and changed over the past eight years! There are so many wonderful experiences available to young students and I feel like we didn't have enough time to explore all that we had intended! Best wishes to you for a Happy Holiday Season and a wonderful New Year!
On behalf of my beautiful wife and I, we would like to thank you all for coming along, and sharing this very special day with us. And a huge thank you for the wonderful presents.
In the summer of 2013 I experienced nine days of the pure Alaskan terrain alongside one-hundred or so fellow cadets, learning about teamwork and leadership that would aid me in my future endeavors; or so said the forms my parents all-too-willingly signed, and I reluctantly and with careful uncertainty did so as well. I was an excellent cadet—involved in all community service opportunities as possible, participating in all color guard presentations possible, and dedicating two extra hours in my mornings to drilling my feet sore for the sake of maintaining the Eagle River High School’s reputable drill team status. But my one deficiency that grayed my instructor’s heads and made me appear less accomplished with my missing ribbons that were on my peers’ uniforms was my avoidance of any and all wilderness activities. “Winter Survival Where You Get To Freeze All Night And Have To Walk A Mile To The Bathroom And Make Sure You Bring A Buddy And A Flashlight?” I think not. “Summer Leadership School With No Showers And Porta-Potties And Wild Bears Ransacking Your Personal Belongings?” I’ll enjoy the comforts of my home, thank you very much.
I'd like to thank you all for the outpouring of support and condolences on the loss of my beautiful son Adam. My entire family appreciates it. This is my eulogy to Adam:
Thank you very much for the hospitality during Nick’s graduation week. We all had such a great time and are glad that the Goldman family could celebrate with us! It was great to see you again; may I remind you the Brave Old Army Team began a historic winning streak over Navy last time I was able to visit. We are all so excited to welcome Loren into our (sometimes crazy) family next year; it is easy to see where her personality and witty sense of humor originates. You all know how to have a great time!
After two years Bezos left Fitel for Bankers Trust Company, where he oversaw the development of a program BTWorld – a software program that allowed the company's customers to check the performance of their pension plans.
Landis, Raymond B. Studying Engineering: A Road Map to a Rewarding Career. Los Angeles, CA: Discovery, 2013. Print.
If you’re anything like me or any other high school student you know that stress season is coming. It’s a joyous time where students unite to form study groups and enjoy the last two weeks of the semester before they go off into the boring period of “winter break.” Of course, no winter break is complete without the wonderful problem filled stapled stacks of papers handed to you as you walk out the door the last day. When you get handed that packet you know that those long winter break days that seem to last forever be no more thanks to all your teachers. May the rest of your day be filled with bliss and delight. Now this stress season isn’t simply the last day of school it’s so much more than that. It all started on November 9th oh yes the marvelous first day of the last grading
Good afternoon, let me just start by saying that the kindness, support, friendship, and love extended to me and my family during this difficult time has really touched my heart- we are sincerely appreciative!
Spring break like western democracy, educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts started in ancient Greece. Historically spring break was the time where Dionysus, the god of wine and festivities, was venerated. In this time the Grecians would have festivals with wine drinking competitions and performances. It can be said that mere details have changed in this holiday or break, but not much else. In 1936, Florida hosted the First College Coaches Swim Forum that brought many college swimmers to the area. This meeting of swimmers evolved to parties of students at the beaches and pools of Florida during this week. Spring Break kept evolving and becoming an event for college students thanks to the production of movies and songs like Spring Break starring Tom Cruise and Shelley Long or Girls Gone Wild. Spring Break is not all about the drinks and the parties. Although the evolution of Spring Break has been created around the idea of college students consuming products that are not ideal for the body or engagement in activities that are not the norm in every day life, other programs have been created not involving these ideals. These other programs range from college sponsored
Do you think it would be a bummer with no long summer? Well, year round schools take away all that summer fun. Do you really want that? Year round schools are not fun because they take away the sun for everyone. Wouldn’t you rather have more fun, Not lose your jobs or somebody else's, and have a better point of view from your parents. Well, school is already not the way we want to live our lives so let’s have the least of it as we can.
Over spring break, I mostly played games with my family. Me and my family went to an amusement park in Arizona for my sisters birthday. Next we went home and me and my sister played games and watched Tv for a week. Every morning that my dad went to work, I had to get up early and go to the gym with him, so I almost never got to sleep in. One Saturday he was off, me, my sister, and my cousin went with him to a renaissance fair. When we were there we got to look at all the medieval shops and trinkets. There were also shows and games we could play. The day before, we went to an amazing horse and acrobatic show. They even flooded the stage where the actors were and made them dance in water. It was very fancy and we had a lot of fun. The next week
Summer Break: Longer or the same?By:Gabriel EstesMost kids and some teachers think of summer vacation as a getaway, R&R time. Don't get me wrong it is, in fact according to debate.org, “School taxes would be a lot less and lessdropouts. More kids would be having family/friend bonding time, Students will make moremoneyduring the summervacations from jobs and with that moneythey can use it for college.” In my own opinion, I think that for the sake of my family, and brother's stress, they are perfectly fine with summer break staying with the 2 month period. I personally agree, I think that it should stay the same.According to an article on The Mercury News, ““I do believe that if children have not mastered a subject that, within a week, personally, I see a slide in my own child,” said Tina Bruno, executive director of the Coalition for a Traditional School Calendar.
This week seemed busier than usual with the additional children being around the center for the spring break. Most of the spring breakers were children that attend public school. I was asked to assist with the spring breakers at one point throughout the week. They were a very entertaining and energetic group, so it was a fun experience interacting with them. As for my class, we had a lot of fun preparing for the Easter weekend. We sang songs, hop around like a bunny, read some Easter books and we even had a surprise visit from our special guest for the week, an actual rabbit.
Jeff attended Miami Palmetto high school and was valedictorian of his class. He went to Princeton and planned to study physics. He believed, however, that other physics students were much smarter than him. Therefore, he studied electrical engineering and computer science. He graduated summa cum laude in 1986 with a GPA of 4.3 on a 4.0 scale.
Ah, Christmas break, the time where snow is supposed to come, No school, and the new year is right around the corner. Winter break is always almost something almost everyone looks forward to sleeping in and being with their family around the fire, don't get me wrong, I certainly do too, but, sometimes your idea of Winter break doesn't always go as planned. The start of break seemed like it would be a normal old break until I want some good old cake pops. Cake pops are delicious don’t get me wrong, but, somehow drama at my house can come from the least things.