Dear Parents: Don't Sweat the Trifles

Mamacita says:  I had a lot of expectations and I made a lot of plans.  Then I had kids. There’s nothing like having children to knock most of our lofty expectations and plans into a cocked hat.  Other people’s children … Continue reading

Quotation Saturday, on Sunday Again

Mamacita says:  You all know by now that I love a good quotation. Words have such mighty and majestic power: they can make us laugh; they can make us cry; they can make us cower in fear, or stand tall … Continue reading

Less Ignorant Daily, and the Education Buzz

Mamacita says:  The latest Education Buzz (formerly Carnival of Education) is now up over at Bellringers, and if you are a parent, student, doctor, lawyer, construction worker, fireman, or any of the other Village People or citizens of the planet, … Continue reading

Hope Is More Than Just The Thing With Feathers. . . .

While it is true that I tend to rant and rave about how far too many students (one is too many) can’t read or write or add two numbers together, and how far too many students (one is too many) … Continue reading

My Take on Group Work and Lazy Grasshoppers

Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine … Continue reading

Facades Are Fake.

Mamacita says:  All this talk about how it’s the teacher’s fault whenever a student does badly at school. . . . I can’t help but think that these people must blame the photographer if their kid is homely.  Isn’t it … Continue reading