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Things Nice People Already Know: Any Teacher Can Tell You Why So Many Are...
Mamacita says: It’s been pretty quiet around here lately, so I thought I’d stir things up by re-running a post from September 2007. It created quite a stir when it first ran; let’s see if anything...
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The ScanTron Police
We all have our differences with our bosses/principals/supervisors, what have you. However, after listening to some friends talk about the principal at their school, I am so thankful that she is not MY...
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You're Not The Boss of Me.
Mamacita says: I think, sometimes anyway, that it’s when my students get into hot and heavy “discussions” – most of which I jump into as well, that I like my job the best. The public school...
View ArticleFreeeeeeedommmmmm. . . . .
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. What up, dawggggg? I admit it: too much Scrubs. Here’s the post: Is...
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Teachers and The Knack
Mamacita says: There is a knack to teaching middle and high school students that some teachers never quite learn. I’m not sure it can be learned; it might be an art, a talent one must have at birth....
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To Literally Pinch a Loaf. . . .
Mamacita says: I never hear the word “loaf” without remembering the last junior high dance I ever chaperoned. I always loved to chaperone those little dances, even though we were not paid for doing...
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What Makes A Good Principal/Administrator?
Mamacita says: Most schools are in their last couple of months now, so I thought maybe it was time to post this again, in case a community is in the market for a new principal for next fall. If any...
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Banned Books Week: September 30 – October 6, 2012
I posted this a month or so ago in anticipation of Banned Books Week, and now that Banned Books Week is officially here, well, here’s that post again. We can’t speak up against censorship enough. As...
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Community School Supplies? Absolutely Not!
Mamacita says: And so, here we are with school about to start up again – hey, if you live in southern Indiana, many of our schools started up last week! This is the time of year I like to re-run my...
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Those Who Burn Books Will, in the End, Burn Human Beings. . . .
Mamacita says: Banned Books week makes me sad. It’s a sad reminder that that there are such huge hordes of ignorant masses in the United States; we don’t like to remember it, and yet, sigh, there...
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Bread and Butter and Sharp Knives and ISTEP
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...
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Teachers and The Knack
Mamacita says: There is a knack to teaching middle and high school students that some teachers never quite learn. I’m not sure it can be learned; it might be an art, a talent one must have at birth....
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To Literally Pinch a Loaf. . . .
Mamacita says: I never hear the word “loaf” without remembering the last junior high dance I ever chaperoned. I always loved to chaperone those little dances, even though we were not paid for doing...
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What Makes A Good Principal/Administrator?
Mamacita says: Most schools are in their last couple of months now, so I thought maybe it was time to post this again, in case a community is in the market for a new principal for next fall. If any...
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Banned Books Week: September 30 – October 6, 2012
I posted this a month or so ago in anticipation of Banned Books Week, and now that Banned Books Week is officially here, well, here’s that post again. We can’t speak up against censorship enough. As...
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Community School Supplies? Absolutely Not!
Mamacita says: And so, here we are with school about to start up again – hey, if you live in southern Indiana, many of our schools started up last week! This is the time of year I like to re-run my...
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Those Who Burn Books Will, in the End, Burn Human Beings. . . .
Mamacita says: Banned Books week makes me sad. It’s a sad reminder that that there are such huge hordes of ignorant masses in the United States; we don’t like to remember it, and yet, sigh, there...
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Bread and Butter and Sharp Knives and ISTEP
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...
View ArticleGood Ol’ White People
Mamacita says: Back in college, in a world history class, the professor told us that in his experience, good ol’ undereducated white people fear the educated minority for many reasons, one of which is...
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Good Ol’ Boys Melt Down Easy
Mamacita says: After we read a story about colors, I once gave my 8th graders Pantone swatches and told them to find their skintone. Big shocker: nobody was white and nobody was black. The students...
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