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Follow The Money

May 2, 2012

Back in the Fall when I was home sick one day and still managed to sit up in bed to get some work done I came upon an educational video by Morna McDermott who is a professor of education and an administrator of the United Opt-Out movement whereby parents and educators are refusing to take [...]

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Smokey and Mino’s “Blue Glasses”

November 2, 2011

Who doesn’t love a good Bossa Nova song? UNCULTURED PEOPLE, THAT’S WHO. It took me a long time to come around to not just liking and appreciating Bossa Nova, but also owning lots of music from this genre. They are always the cheapest CDs in used music shops which I frequent on occasion. There’s something [...]

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This Is One Example Why I’m Not Giving Up

February 25, 2009

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 [...]

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Say It With Me

January 19, 2009

President Obama What a lovely ring to it.

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Christmas Survival

December 19, 2008

Survived: a day that started out with a longer than necessary phone call wondering where a laptop went that I was keeping in my office finding the laptop nearly an hour later reading a handwritten note from a student about some terrible things done to her calling DCFS stocking up on shoveling Pringles and Zingers [...]

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You’re Probably Here For Fashion Tips

September 5, 2008

Sure you are. You have deep, intense desire to know what the hot color is this fall (purple!) and you want to know if that new lip gloss is shiny enough (it is – can we reuse some of that to shellac my chest of drawers?) and you simply MUST know if your trench coat [...]

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Drama mamas bare it all

September 1, 2008

From Mocha Momma: I hope you all enjoy this guest post from an anonymous participant in Her Bad Mother’s Betchfest. Read on at your peril. BITCH OF THE MONTH CLUB My Boyfriend’s Ex Thinks I’m Evil by “Not-the-Momma” Dear My Boyfriend’s Ex, News flash: You-all broke up three years ago. It’s a little late for [...]

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This Dress Will Make Me A Better Educator

August 21, 2008

One of these days I’m going to stop ordering dresses online. Not today. This one I found at a website called Shabby Apple (perfect name for a clothing place for a teacher!) and it’s everything I wanted in a dress. It’s comfortable, easy fitting, and the length is perfect on my body type. Plus, I [...]

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Yearbooking

August 19, 2008

What can I say? I was bored. What I’d look like circa 1952. I look like my mom a little bit here. If she had a butt-chin. Then there’s 1956. The year I wanted nothing more than to wear pearls to vacuum my pre-fab home. 1966 is the scariest one because MY HAIR CAN ACTUALLY [...]

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Today I Am

August 6, 2008

This morning I’m in charge of the 9th grade orientation because half of those kids are mine. We’re going on a tour of the building, practicing opening lockers, and then registering them for classes. Today will be a long, long day. My voice will probably go out by the end of the day and I [...]

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