[nextpage title=”Page 1″ ] I’ve been getting the feeling that the students in one of my classes in particular think I’m NUTS. And, well, yeah? What of it? Instead of fighting it, I’m embracing it. Because hells yes, I’m crazy! And I ain’t afraid to show it. (Press play on […]
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Ode to Cookie Dough
Cookie dough, you are so gooey; Cookie dough, you taste like yum. Cookie dough, you make me pooey When there’s too much in my tum. Cookie dough, you make me happy; Cookie dough, it’s you I seek. When I’m feeling down and sappy, In the fridge I take a […]
What You Can Expect As The Surprisee Of A Surprise Party
Because I had just had a baby a week and a half before my 30th birthday — and because instead of partying like a rock star at the official “Dirty Thirty” celebration everybody seems to get these days I was wearing granny panties lined with diaper-grade pads and hobbling around, […]
Dear Other Parents Who Make My Job Harder: STOP IT.
Dear other parents who make my job harder: Hey. How’s it going? That great, huh? Me too. Listen. I’ve been meaning to talk to you about something for a while now, but between going to work and telling my kids NO every 5 fucking seconds, I haven’t had a lot […]
9/11: To Our Children, It’s a Day Like Any Other, But to Us? It’s Monumental.
I remember while I was growing up, my parents and other adults would tirelessly recount where they were and what they were doing the day John F. Kennedy was shot. My mom was just a kid when it happened, but that didn’t lessen the impact of that day on her […]
Of Good Intentions, Slut Shaming, Double Standards, and Cruelty
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 […]
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 […]