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suggestions on my Bach piece. I also knew he had a very blunt teaching style. People warned me that he could be hard on students. Were you nervous to play for him? I wasn’t nervous during the class, but I was nervous in the weeks leading up to it while preparing, mostly because I knew people would be there who hadn’t heard me play since high school. I was also bracing myself for a “painful” learning experience since I knew Mr. Feltsman could be brutal at times. Just before playing, they let me warm up on

his suggestions on my Bach piece. I also knew he had a very blunt teaching style. People warned me that he could be hard on students. Were you nervous to play for him? I wasn’t nervous during the class, but I was nervous in the weeks leading up to it while preparing, mostly because I knew people would be there who hadn’t heard me play since high school. I was also bracing myself for a “painful” learning experience since I knew Mr. Feltsman could be brutal at times. Just before playing, they let me

that much sweeter. A euphoric feeling engulfed Oshiro as she walked across the commencement stage five years ago — her late grandmother’s voice echoing in the back of her head, praising her accomplishment. And it was only the beginning. “I was so hungry for more education,” she said. After a year of teaching, she enrolled in an online master’s program through Walden University, eventually finishing with a 4.0 grade-point average despite teaching full time on the side. “I don’t know how I did it

to class, never considering herself “good enough” to take an art class herself. Her own artistic epiphany came later, after graduating, marrying, moving back to Oregon, teaching English for a few years in a rural school, returning to Washington—and seeing a colored-pencil drawing at a relative’s house. These pencils were not just your usual Crayolas, Kullberg thought, and she was captivated that professional brands could be used as an art medium. “Colored pencils and I were meant to be,” she said

other 96 percent of humanity,” said Steves, who has been teaching people about travel for more than 30 years. “Roosevelt said, ’We have nothing to fear, but fear itself,’ and right now, we are too fearful. And I think it’s bad. Bad for the fabric of democracy.” Steves has written and spoken about his Lutheran faith, and how it informs his world view. In 2016, he released a one-hour special focused on Martin Luther and the Reformation that took him to Reformation-related sites throughout Europe

comfort zone, and to gain an empathy for the other 96 percent of humanity,” said Steves, who has been teaching people about travel for more than 30 years. “Roosevelt said, ’We have nothing to fear, but fear itself,’ and right now, we are too fearful. And I think it’s bad. Bad for the fabric of democracy.” Steves has written and spoken about his Lutheran faith, and how it informs his world view. In 2016, he released a one-hour special focused on Martin Luther and the Reformation that took him to

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