Come, Have An Aneurysm With Me!
Mamacita says: This is my answer to a teacher forum question: Why does it seem that students have so many issues nowadays?” Many parents don’t want to take the responsibility and administrators don’t...
View Article2008 Edublog Nominations
Mamacita says: Education is important in so many ways; it would be impossible to list them all. No way. Not possible. However, I think we can all safely say that the main two components that...
View ArticleIt Ain't Rocket Science
Mamacita says: I know it’s not really possible to solve our public schools’ problems with a simplistic approach, but it does seem as if even a little common sense is sadly lacking somewhere. Why else...
View ArticlePotty Mouth, Wiggly Little Boys, Recess, and Reading
“No two people are alike, and both of them are damn glad of it.” Mamacita says: That’s a quotation; that’s not me saying “damn,” although I frequently occasionally do. I am, to my shame, greatly...
View ArticlePlutarch Nailed It.
Mamacita says: Guess what. Not every student is ‘more alert’ in the mornings. Believe it or not, many students are nearly comatose early in the morning and their brains spring into action later in the...
View ArticleMore Things I Haven’t Done Yet
Mamacita says: Just because I haven’t done these things yet doesn’t mean I’ll never do them. I ain’t dead yet. Then again, some things most people do all the time don’t interest me in the least, so,...
View ArticleThe Relevant Classroom
Mamacita says: How updated and relevant do you want your doctor’s skills to be? Would you be content with a dentist who graduated in 1985 and hasn’t updated a single skill since then? Could you...
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