Mamacita says: I despise cowardly adults and their attempts to censor everything they personally disagree with. All of us should be able to restrict what comes into our own homes, of course. All of us have that right, in fact. … Continue reading
Mamacita says: I love dandelions. I will never understand why people will pay out the wazoo for lovely nursery-bred flowers to plant, and then pay out the wazoo for someone to kill the lovely golden blossoms that are … Continue reading
Mamacita says: I used to cook and make butter with my students. I am reminded of those days whenever I run into former students from that class. A while back, I ran into one of those former middle school student … Continue reading
Mamacita says: It’s all about schema, you know. Why stay in the box, all cramped and restricted and crowded with boring people, when it’s so much more fun to live OUTSIDE of the box? Nobody who chose to live inside … Continue reading
Mamacita says: So many of the teachers I’ve spoken to lately are frustrated almost beyond words by their schools’ insistence that they keep disruptive, non-participatory, and often violent students and bullies in their classrooms, to the severe detriment of the … Continue reading
Mamacita says: I think sometimes that if there had been online journals, blogs, when I was raising my children, I might not have made quite as many mistakes. Often, during those years, I felt very isolated. I was sure that … Continue reading