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Standardization, Administration, & Other Bollocky Things

April 9, 2011 – 3:01 pm

Mamacita says:  Beethoven and Rodin would never make it in an American public school these days. Neither would Lincoln, or Clara Barton, or Thomas Jefferson. Nor Einstein. Or Edison. Administrators have forgotten that ultimately, our culture will be judged on the arts; that’s how we learn about ancient cultures. We did not find any remnants [...]

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Every Day Is Grammar Day

March 5, 2011 – 12:17 am

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 [...]

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"I Base Most Of My Fashion Sense on What Doesn’t Itch"

February 27, 2011 – 3:33 pm

Mamacita says:  I’d like to tell you that my fashion sense has improved since I wrote this post so long ago, but even though I’ve awoken somewhat to what people are wearing these days, I’m still a flat-out C minus in fashion awareness. Fair warning: I have no sense of taste when it comes to [...]

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Center of the Universe, You Say? I Think Not.

February 24, 2011 – 9:48 pm

Mamacita says:  All my life I have loathed the expression, “Act your age.” Even as a child I wondered how a person could ‘act’ an age; the best I could ever do was to ‘be’ an age. “Act” always connoted phoniness to me. I totally agree with the little girl in this joke. How can [...]

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There Are All Kinds of Enslavement

February 18, 2011 – 4:31 pm

Mamacita says:  I posted this in 2006, but I’ve been thinking about this same thing all day so here it is again. My blog, my rules. Here’s the post: Is anyone else out there lucky enough to have a job that makes you so happy that all you have to do is walk into the [...]

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The Value of Continual Learning

January 26, 2011 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says:  When it comes to education, I can be quite opinionated.  No, really.  I’ll debate with you about all things educational, and you might as well be prepared to back down at least a little bit because I probably won’t.  Not unless you’ve got a shiPload of experience to back yourself up. Families that [...]

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People With Small Vocabularies Also Have Small. . . . Brains. *

January 16, 2011 – 4:01 am

I can’t help but wonder if all this brouhaha about dumbing down the vocabulary in classic literature right now has at least part of its origin in the sad fact that many of our parents and teachers can’t understand the big words. This isn’t funny; it’s unforgiveable. The more words we know, the better able [...]

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Be Nice Anyway. You’re Not The Center of the Universe

December 9, 2010 – 1:02 am

Mamacita says: Let’s talk about simple, basic, seasonal etiquette.  Where is it? I will never understand why some people feel they have to be so defensive and hostile all the time. These people whine “insensitivity” but the truth is, THEY are the ones who are insensitive. This time of year, in particular, one reads article [...]

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Things Nice People Already Know: Go To The Back of the Line!

December 2, 2010 – 10:43 pm

Mamacita says:  The Post Office is really busy at this time of the year. People are standing in long lines, waiting to buy stamps and mail packages.  Everybody knows how busy the Post Office is at this time of the year. That being said, WHAT IS UP WITH ALL THE OLD WOMEN * IN THERE [...]

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Popcorn Thief!

November 21, 2010 – 7:54 pm

Mamacita says:  If one person offers to make popcorn for another person, and that other person declines the offer, and the first person says “Are you sure? I’m making popcorn and I’d be glad to make some for you, too,” and the second person insists he doesn’t want any, and the first person gives up [...]

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