Student showed up earlier than everyone else this morning, before I asked he volunteered, “I didn’t sleep last night so I just came here.” This is the same student who for spring break, took a bus to a town 90 minutes north of Toronto that he had never been to and when I asked about his plan he had none, except to see what happens by showing up. Are you going overnight I asked? No, for the whole week. There are structures in place for how I am suppose to mark these music students but I wish I could give him an A right now just for already being a daring composer.