A Shrewdness of Apes

An Okie teacher banished to the Midwest. "Education is not the filling a bucket but the lighting of a fire."-- William Butler Yeats

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

You a parent of teens too? Then read this....

I love Dooce. I even love Dooce when she has a guest poster. Sarah of que sera sera wrote a absolutely perfect and hilarious post of fights she had with her mother.

Here is the post, entitled "Mom v. Me."

Here is Sarah's regular gig.

Since in my house "mother" is just an emoticon that means "embarrassing frump who's ruining my life forever and ever and can I have 400 dollars worth of clothes if I pick up five dog hairs from the floor as a sort of swipe at these outrageous insane demands you make upon my precious Facebook time known as chores," this post resonated with me. And made me laugh. Which I needed. As well as a stiff Irish whiskey.

Go! Read! Laugh!

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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Should I feel guilty?

Is it un-Christian of me to secretly rejoice over the news that the teacher who flat-out failed to contact me REPEATEDLY and contrary to school policy when my child was struggling in her class-- and hello? I am IN THE BUILDING and somewhat well known-- has decided that she will not return next year?

Because, you know, I am trying to keep a holy Lent, but I am restraining the urge to dance in a jubilant manner.

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