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You must learn, young Padawan, but finals are now officially over

December 21, 2010 – 12:05 am

Fair warning:  there is “language” ahead. . . . Mamacita says: I gave finals to five classes last week. Most of my students last semester were awesome; I adore them. I already miss them.  They rocked.  All semester, they worked hard, had wonderful discussions, participated, helped each other, LISTENED, made suggestions. . . . the [...]

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Where Are All The Fathers?

November 8, 2010 – 7:59 pm

Mamacita says:  I’ve been thinking about my father today.  I have no idea why.  There must have been something that started the thought process – something I saw, heard, ate, felt, laughed at. . . SOMETHING that made me think of him.  Right now, though, nothing comes to mind. I’m just thinking about him. So, [...]

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Only the Stupid Fear Questions

October 10, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says: Warning: I’m in a bad mood. I’m sick and tired of a handful of people taking all the joy out of the majority of our children’s school experience. I maintain that if a family is that insecure and unable to defend their own beliefs against a good honest question, or withstand any questions [...]

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Quip Pro Quo: A Fast Retort

September 26, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says: First of all, I despise censorship. Banning books is akin to banning people; both are abhorrent to the collective intelligence, and both bring us down as a culture. It’s one thing for someone to decide that a certain book will not be allowed in his/her house – every parent has that right – [...]

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Peanut Butter and Jelly and Bread, Oh Mice. . . .

September 22, 2010 – 12:05 am

I’m re-running this post from over three years ago because, you know, deja vu and stuff like that. Mamacita says: I got home from class late tonight, around 9:30, and had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for supper. (We have less money than usual this week. Ouch.) As I looked at the containers, and [...]

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Them There Words What Be Correct

September 15, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says:  It’s 2:30 in the morning, and I have to get up in a few hours and go to school, and be all enthusiastic about punctuation. The thing is, I AM enthusiastic about punctuation. It’s important. It tell us when to pause, and when to stop. It tells us when to end a sentence [...]

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Picasso Passes

September 13, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says:  This is my favorite Picasso*, and it hangs in the foyer of my home. I’ve loved it for many years; a copy hung in the men’s side of my college dorm, (I still love you, Willkie Co-op!)  and it used to fascinate me. The print.  The print fascinated me. It just happened to [...]

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Quotation Saturday, on Sunday Again

September 5, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says:  You all know by now that I love a good quotation. Words have such mighty and majestic power: they can make us laugh; they can make us cry; they can make us cower in fear, or stand tall with pride, or melt with love. Name it, and words can make us feel or [...]

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Euphemisms Cloud the Issues

August 11, 2010 – 1:55 pm

Mamacita says:  Oh, is it time to be politically correct again? At school? Well, if we must. . . . Now don’t any of you be offended. I mean, “euphorically-challenged.” No one fails a class any more; he’s merely “passing impaired.” You don’t have detention; you’re just one of the “exit delayed.” Your classroom isn’t [...]

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Hands Off My Pencils or You’ll Be Sorry

August 2, 2010 – 12:05 am

Mamacita says: School will be starting soon – or maybe it already has – for most kids, and each year at about this time I like to re-run this post about an issue that really, really makes me want to kill somebody and put his/her head on a post in the WalMart parking lot bothers [...]

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