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Jamie Dimon Snippy?
About four years ago credit card companies suddenly increased their customer’s interest rates to over 23% because…they could. I called my credit card company Chase Manhattan disputing the change and...
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Back to School Blues and Testing
Back to School in August? It is the middle of August and I am about to begin another school year. Ugh. That’s right. “Back to School”. The simple phrase, “Back to School” makes most people wince...
View ArticleSo Long Summer
The Miserable Relaxing I haven’t taught summer school in years. After teaching a bunch of high school teenagers English and test taking skills I am always in desperate need of a long break even if it...
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Walmart! No Need for a Moral Compass!
Walmart! Walmart! Walmart! Wow when was the last time you stepped inside of a Walmart? I was in the midwest last summer in a small town called Monticello. The only store you could find open was...
View ArticleWomen and the American Dream
Boy, I’m kind of sad that 2012 is over. I like to think of 2012 as the Year of the Woman. I mean it seemed that everyone who was anyone had something to say about women and their lady parts. Even...
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Michele Rhee: The “Ali G” of Education
“Who is Michele Rhee?” Some might say, “Michele Rhee is a self -promoting opportunist who claims not to like publicity -even though she appears on the cover of Time Magazine- and hit all the talk shows...
View ArticleMid-Life Crisis Anyone?
The other day I turned to my husband and said, “I think I’m having a mid-life crisis.” “I thought you were thirty-three?” “Nice work honey. That was a close call.” “That’s what I’m here for.” And we...
View ArticleWow One Hundred Dollars!
Guess what I just received in the mail? A big whopping one hundred dollar check from J. P. Morgan Chase Manhattan settlement. I don’t really know why I got a one hundred dollar check but they must of...
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“Desperate Mexican”
From “Desperate Housewives” creator Marc Cherry and star Eva Longoria bring to Lifetime a show that stars a cast of Latinas. Finally. Viva! At long last. The new series is all about a bunch of...
View ArticleMy Mother Gives Me Advice…
“All of a sudden you’re fifty, then sixty, then sixty-five, then…I really don’t want to discuss this. Getting older is a real disappointment.” I get it. I just turned “Hollywood Forty”. I am not...
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Hello America! How is Your Democracy Hangover?
Dear America, you’ve done some pretty great things in the past so many I can’t even recall. But these last ten or so years have been brutal. America, don’t take this the wrong way but you’re just...
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Huma Abedin is Hilarious!
Who is Huma Abedin? Some might say she’s a saint. Others might whisper she should kick her hubby, Anthony Weiner, to the curb after the recent revelations that even after leaving Congress Mr. Weiner...
View ArticleBack to School Blues
I remember when Back to School happened in September, you know right after Labor Day. See it worked out perfectly. We began the school year right after Labor Day celebrations which clearly indicated...
View ArticleGet Over It?
Last week I began my adventure with a bunch of ninth and tenth grade students. And when I say “bunch” I mean one hundred and eighty teenagers. Of course I do not teach them all at once that would be...
View ArticleTeenagers Say the Darndest Things!
I have already completed the first three weeks of school. I’m exhausted most of the time but I feel like things are pretty under control with the exception of a few “incidences”. You know what I...
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Fast Food Customer With a Conscience!
I have a confession: I like fast food & a bargain. I love a delicious “bean and cheese burrito with green salsa” from Del Taco. See its healthy cuz of the fiber and since I live a...
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Size is Just an Excuse!
Today during our faculty meeting while an assistant principal shared “Testing Data” a colleague of mine raised her hand and asked the administrator, “how are we suppose to earn the same testing results...
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Shirley Temple vs Miley Cyrus
Poor “Hannah Montana” has lost her mind and turned into a rebellious young adult superstar that can afford all the bad press she wants. (Oh to afford bad press even if it mocks fun of my wagging...
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Miserable Today With a Chance of More Misery
I’m definitely miserable today which is weird since the government is up and running. Sure most of my problems are the first world type like my neighbors yapping dogs or my other neighbor has to park...
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Lady’s Please Stop!
Hey ladies what’s the big deal about Pro Life anyways? If you would only pick up a bottle of Bayer aspirin put it between your knees you wouldn’t have to worry your pretty little heads over when or...
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