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Category Archives: education
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies grow up to be Donalds
Political correctness has risen to a smothering, generic tidal wave of late, flooding all edgy, quirky commentary with a pervasive wave of blandness so all-encompassing that it threatens to shame, stifle and smother even the most mildly off-center opinions if … Continue reading
Posted in current events, education, jobs, politics, protest, social justice
Tagged Central America, current issues, donald sterling, donald trump, government, jobs, political correctness, politics, republican party
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On Knee Pads and Feminism
This anecdotal allegory arose after a recent concert by the original Sloths. This band, led by a Rick Springfield doppelganger unable to afford what should be a mandatory quota of Botox and Juvederm but who is nonetheless dedicated to his … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, current events, Diet, education, politics, protest, social justice, women's issues
Tagged advice, aging, current issues, education, feminism, friends, music, rock and roll, slut shaming, teaching, Tucson, women, women's rights
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R.I.P. Public Education
It is heart-wrenching to watch the noble citadel which used to protect public education crumble beneath the weight of inept government intervention. As a 15-year high school English teacher, I watch helplessly as my once-proud profession is slowly, painfully … Continue reading
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Tagged education, politics, public education, taxes, teach for america, teachers, unions
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People of Walmart: A Galvanizing Force of Nature
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/61162/wisecracks/ Since a Walmart recently moved into my central Tucson neighborhood after handily defeating the neighborhood association and its weak little legal team, I recently became aware of Walmart as a driving social force. Approaching the gargantuan, intimidating building … Continue reading
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Tagged big box, culture, duck dynasty, politics, society, voyeurism, Walmart
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Trick or Treat: A Paradox
Sometimes an issue jumps out at me like a teenager in a Miley Cyrus twerking costume. The letter above was written by a fed-up “villager” from Fargo who is so concerned about the childhood obesity epidemic that she claims … Continue reading
Posted in current events, Diet, education, politics
Tagged childhood obesity, diet, exercise, fitness, halloween, holidays, Obamacare, obesity, overeating
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Obamacare Slouches Toward Bethlehem
I have been solidly-insured for most of my adult life, except during those fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants college years when we are all truly invincible. As I grew into adulthood and assumed responsibility for my life, health insurance was one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged democrats, fitness, health care, lifestyle gym, Obamacare, tea party
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Privacy#notanissue#
Trapwire, NEC networks, smartphones as tracking devices, drones, wiretapping, spycams…our Cowardly New World seems to know no boundaries where privacy is concerned. This morning, my students and I were discussing spying as a motif in Hamlet, and extended the … Continue reading
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Tagged diet, drones, education, Filner, government, growing up, politics, privacy, relationships, scandal, sex, social media, webcams, Weiner, wikileaks
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For Shame
In this Brave New World where the average facebook user meticulously reveals her lunch selection at Subway with a proud flourish worthy of a Pentagon wikileak , who can blame us for becoming desensitized to embarrassment? Vague acquaintances flood their … Continue reading
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Tagged current issues, education, facebook, growing up, internet, social media, social profiles
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Hot
June 9 HOT Students these days love to refer to young girls as “hot.” Hot flashes, Arizona sun, sweating in bed. It is a nefarious practice of mine during the summer if I am not traveling to “crash” the pools … Continue reading
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Tagged education, growing up, memoir, peru, politics, south america, travel
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Taking Your Medicine
When I was seven, I dared my naïve neighbor, Paul Lumbsten, to stick a pink pencil eraser up his nose. He not only did so, but had to have it removed at the doctor’s office. It had lodged somewhere up … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, diet, education, growing up, memoir, short story
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