I was shopping for a tuner/metronome today. ( Wound up buying one that I liked, too.) While I was there I bumped into a friend from school. Not a close friend, but an acquaintance. I'd say I knew her better that she knew me because I graded papers last year for a professor whose class she took. She has nice, legible handwriting and earned one of the better grades in the class to boot. The store was busy. The school year has begun and 6th graders around the world are taking band for ...