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Mamacita says: Autumn is almost here – not quite, but almost – and it’s time to make persimmon pudding. Most of you don’t live where there are persimmons, and I’m betting that many of you don’t even know what a persimmon … Continue reading
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Mamacita says: I tell my students that words have histories, just as people do, and, just like people, some words have more complicated and even interesting and often disturbing histories than others. Our histories shape us, but sometimes the shaping … Continue reading
Mamacita says: Dusty Springfield sang about Wishing and Hoping; Cinderella sang A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes. There’s something so uniquely wonderful about a favorite student who grows up and still wants to talk to you regularly. I … Continue reading
Mamacita says: I used to cook and make butter with my students. I am reminded of those days whenever I run into former students from that class. A while back, I ran into one of those former middle school student … Continue reading
Mamacita says: So many of the teachers I’ve spoken to lately are frustrated almost beyond words by their schools’ insistence that they keep disruptive, non-participatory, and often violent students and bullies in their classrooms, to the severe detriment of the … Continue reading
Mamacita says: Where did the music go? Our children, and some of you, don’t know any standard American songs or basic classical melodies that everybody used to know. What happened? How did we allow this to happen? It didn’t used … Continue reading