I have to tell you about Anna (obviously, not her real name). She’s been haunting my every thought lately. She’s missed 47 days of school this year. Last year she missed 35 so she’s far surpassed the truancy of her freshman year. The thing is, Anna is still a freshman. She has 1.25 credits and [...]
“In America, when a problem is too difficult for adults, we pass it on to schools.” – Patricia A. Graham, 1996 The historical appraisals of the education system in the U.S. bring much to the table in the way of why we have institutional education. But it also offers a glimpse as to how we [...]
As much as I open my mouth I am here to learn. Britt asked me if I thought it was ok if she posted about a comment I made. There’s no point in rehashing it all here, but the one thing that I continue to learn is that people are flat out uncomfortable discussing racism. [...]
It’s been a few years since I’ve participated in Snackie’s “Happy Self Love Day” and I must admit that I missed it terribly. This year doesn’t seem like the best one to come up with reasons I love myself even though it’s something I have been working on of late. (Honestly, I added “of late” [...]
There are strange things happening to my blog lately. A few people have mentioned it but others said it looks fine. A warning message keeps popping up so this post will be short. I hope I don’t break my blog by posting! I’m over at BlogHer again today with a new Beauty Hacks post. You [...]
A few newsy items today: The Smart Television Alliance asked how I would improve television for children. Here’s my answer. Neil at Citizen of the Month has a blog crush on me. This one time he called me brainy and gorgeous so I’m inclined to give him a big, juicy thank you kiss right here [...]
I have a thing. It’s a new thing. It’s such a great big thing that it deserves capitalization to be denoted as a New Thing. Part of me wants to make people guess but then I know I’d end up with things like: You finally had that sex change operation? The FBI relocation program has [...]
Once upon a time I was a little known blogger with my own little spot that was, well, all mine. I liked it that way. There wasn’t a lot of fuss or hoopla over what I was doing here. Some days there still aren’t. Then I got interested in things and learned and learned and [...]
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