March 30, 2011 – 12:01 am
Mamacita says: Welcome to the Education Buzz, where parents and instructors and good citizens find out what’s really going on in the world of education by actively participating in the sharing of ideas, information, and suggestions. Remember, if you don’t keep up on what’s happening, you won’t KNOW what’s happening. And if you choose not [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Carnival of Education, Education, Education Buzz, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Scheiss Weekly, schools, Steve Spangler, teachers
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Mamacita says: Remember the expression “audio-visual?” Remember the group of kids whose free period each day was given over to the library, and specifically to run the projectors? 16mm movies? Reel-to-reel sound recordings? Filmstrip projectors? (BEEP. Advance. BEEP. Advance. . . .) That big gray square record player? Huge TV’s (the back, not the screen) [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in children, Education, Indiana, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, memories, nostalgia, Scheiss Weekly, schools, science, southern Indiana, teachers, The real Mamacita, Video
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March 17, 2011 – 12:05 am
Mamacita says: May you be buried in a casket made from the wood of a 100 year old oak That I shall plant tomorrow. Oh, tis a wondrous thing to be Irish, although the same could not be said earlier in our country’s history. Many people do not know how unwelcome the Irish were here, [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in holidays, Humor, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Scheiss Weekly, St. Patrick's Day, Steve Spangler, Traditions
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March 15, 2011 – 12:05 am
Mamacita quotes from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar: Act 1, scene 2, 15–19 Caesar: Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue shriller than all the music Cry “Caesar!” Speak; Caesar is turn’d to hear. Soothsayer: Beware the Ides of March. Caesar: What man is that? Brutus: A soothsayer bids [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Arts, English, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Linguistics, Literature, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, My daughter, Not the imitation Mamacita, Scheiss Weekly, The Arts, The real Mamacita
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Mamacita says: Blogging is dead? Says who? Blogging may have changed, but bloggers still rule the internet. Bloggers are helping people form viable opinions, giving people first-hand information, helping people make purchasing decisions based on word-of-mouth and actual “regular people” experience with a product, and giving people hope by sharing real life with the world. [...]
Mamacita says: We don’t use our front door much unless we have houseguests, and then mainly because we don’t want anybody to risk tripping over something as they follow the tiny path of nonclutter through the garage to the outer door that we mostly use when entering and exiting the house. No, we don’t really [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Christmas, holidays, Humor, Indiana, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Not the imitation Mamacita, Oh No She Dinnit, Scheiss Weekly, The real Mamacita
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Mamacita says: Every day is grammar day for people who know how to use their own language correctly. This, of course, should be everyone who lives in any given country, and it is, for most countries. Except ours. The sad fact is that far too many Americans don’t know beans about how to use their [...]
By Jane Goodwin
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Posted in Education, English, Family, fools, grammar, It's Outrageous!, Jane Goodwin, JaneG, Linguistics, love, Mamacita, Mamacita Jane, Mamacita Says, MamacitaG, Oh No She Dinnit, Political Correctness, Scheiss Weekly, Social media, The real Mamacita, Things Nice People Already Know
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