Mamacita says: It’s quiz time again! This time, our topic is fairy tales, which were, as everyone once knew but few people remember now, never intended for children at all. Don’t get me wrong: I love the Disney animated fairy … Continue reading
Mamacita says: Don’t get me wrong. I believe in testing: to a point. I do not believe that a student who can’t pass a simple test of basic skills should be graduated from high school. I do not believe that … Continue reading
This is from several years ago, but it’s been updated, and it’s still true. I don’t suffer fools gladly, and I don’t think you should, either. A great deal of the world’s problems stem from suffering fools. Mamacita says: When … Continue reading
Mamacita says: I own a pair of gardening gloves. Really, I do. I bought them after the ripping-poison-ivy-out-with-cloth-gloves-and-getting-resin-all-over-my-hands incident of a few weeks ago. They’re very pretty, and still in the package. The thing is, I don’t schedule my ventures … Continue reading
Mamacita says: Whatever you do for a living, and particularly if you work in education, I think it is of vital importance that you try to keep up with what’s going on in that area. I work in education and … Continue reading
Mamacita says: I love grammar. I love the logic of it. I love how there is a name and purpose for each word in a sentence. I love how it takes a little intellect to put a good sentence together. … Continue reading