I operate on the misapprehension that people who read this site expect a new post twice a week. Therefore, when my computer hard drive "pooped out" (as Anna was kind enough to describe it to me, knowing my technology IQ falls a standard deviation below the mean) a week ago, my blood pressure rose a standard deviation above the mean. Much has happened since my last post, including significant snow melt.
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Early in the week--before warm temperatures ensured the termination of the maple sugar season--Woods Team gathered one last time at the sugarbush on the north slope of Patterson Hill. Notice, in the background, how Sean is drinking sap directly from taps!
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Barrels of cold, sweet sap are moved on a makeshift sled.
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Back at the Sugar House, hard work is rewarded with maple candy chilled on a tray of snow.
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We were treated to some great music last week, as internationally acclaimed jazz trumpter Tiger Okoshi entertained with Bill and Josh in Monday's assembly....
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...and the jazz/rock ensemble performed for the final Revisit Day, Tuesday.
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Those "revisitors" caught the Proctor spirit!
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Adolescents have always crafted their own vocabularies, and a small boarding school community invites the creation of local jargon and even terms favored by specific teams, dorms and peer clusters. The little "fobs" that activate newly-installed electric locks across campus have spawned the new verb "to be fobbed," which covers a whole spectrum of irritations. We have to adjust to the reality of this security system. it's not going away; in fact, schools and colleges are all exploring opportunities afforded by similar new technologies. Mike addressed the phenomenon in Friday's assembly.
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Perhaps, in the future, our heroes in the Technology office will break the bad news to me this way: "Chuck, your hard drive fobbed...."