I found this article over on Donyell’s blog. It made me so angry I still can’t quite see straight. (Donyell always has something interesting on her blog.) Articles about unbelievably stupid parents really upset me. This mother is a doozy. … Continue reading
My Friday late-afternoon random mp3 playlist: I Dreamed A Dream – Ruthie Henshaw (from the International Cast Les Miserables)Internet Porn – DaVinci’s NotebookThe George Michael Rap – Barenaked LadiesHigh Tide or Low Tide – Ben Folds & Jack JohnsonThings That … Continue reading
I teach on Tuesday and Thursday nights until 9:00, so a few precious peoples and I have been meeting for a late supper on those nights, in whatever combinations we are able. Tonight we met at the Tumbleweed; on Tuesday … Continue reading
Run like mad over to Education Wonks to read up on the Nineteenth Edition of The Carnival of Education ! I’m serious. . . . if most people had any idea what’s really going on with and in our public … Continue reading
All right, already, I’ll drive a little faster. Sheesh. But I know good and well who’s going to get pulled over, even with all the other drivers in the world going around me at a hundred miles an hour. Everybody … Continue reading
This is a re-run, and many of you will remember it. But I resurrected it because I’m entering the Blogging for Books contest over at Jay’s. I’ve never entered this contest before and I’m more than a little nervous because … Continue reading