You guys have seen the post FYI (if you’re a teenage girl) circulating on Facebook, right? If not, go read it and the comments. Really. We’ll be here when you get back. So WOWZAS, huh? This writer is encouraging girls not to post sexually provocative pictures of themselves on social […]
Author: Lola Lolita
Signs You Went to Michigan State University at the Turn of the Century
Recently, Buzzfeed published a piece titled 23 Signs you Went to Michigan State University. I saw it countless times in my Facebook newsfeed as friends and family shared and reshared. But aside from a couple “Oh, huh. I guess I remember that” moments, neither Mr. Sammich nor I could relate […]
5 Ways We Can Make M-M-M-Money Off Schools Through Corporatization
If you haven’t been living under a rock lately, you know public schools are failing. And how do you know? Well, you know because “they” said so. And would “they” ever lie to you? “They” wouldn’t dare. Would they? You also know “they” say the best way to fix public […]
Teachers: You Are Worth Far More Than They Say
A friend of mine recently tweeted me the link to a blog post titled Why Teaching Is So Doggone Hard. I loved it. I loved it so much, I reread it — TWICE. Teaching is so doggone hard, after all, and no one knows that like a fellow teacher. What […]
16 Parent Phrases Decoded
[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] As parents, we have a vernacular all our own — things we tell our children, which we either A.) Say because we don’t know what else to do, B.) Don’t really mean but think sounds good anyway, or C.) Really, really swear to God we’re gonna […]
Stop With The Husband Bashing Already
I remember my brother telling my husband and me about a guy he works with teasing him before he married my sister-in-law. The guy asked him if he knew about the three rings: “First comes the engagement ring. Then comes the wedding ring. And then comes the suffering!” Hardy har har. […]
School Supply List: A Teacher’s Fantasy
I’ve seen a lot of posts on Facebook about school supply purchases my friends have or are about to make for their children entering elementary school, and I’ve gotta say, these lists are insane, you guys: 10 packages of dry erase markers, 17 boxes of crayons, top-of-the-line running shoes, four […]
32 Life Rules I’ve Learned in 32 Years
1. If you have a crap ton of diapers on hand, you won’t need them. If you don’t, your kid will shit the equivalent of an erupting volcano. 2. If something is due tomorrow, you can bet your ass your hard drive will crash/your printer will run out of ink/your […]