Here's the deal. I'm a white mid-westerner teaching music in urban Phoenix. In the course of a day I teach about 75 students. Of those 6 are Caucasian (one of those is my own child), 11 are African-American, two are Pacific Islanders, two are Asian and the rest are Latin American. Now, if I use short hand terms like white, black and Mexican, please don't jump all over me, I'm not trying to be politically incorrect, I'm trying to be succinct. I have been accused of being racist because I wo...
Here's the deal. I'm a white mid-westerner teaching music in urban Phoenix. In the course of a day I teach about 75 students. Of those 6 are Caucasian (one of those is my own child), 11 are African-American, two are Pacific Islanders, two are Asian and the rest are Latin American. Now, if I use short hand terms like white, black and Mexican, please don't jump all over me, I'm not trying to be politically incorrect, I'm trying to be succinct. I have been accused of being racist because I wo...
My baby is the coolest 6yo on the planet. OK--I know every mommy thinks their baby is the Shizznit (i'm not sure what that means but my 15 yo assures me it's a good thing). I teach school and I can see that my kid has coolularity that other kids only hope to achieve in puberty. Allow me to offer evidence. A. My kid can quote entire chunks of movies after watching them only once. He can do the scene in Shrek 2 when the Fairy Godmother picks up King Harold for a talk. He even has the accent...
My baby is the coolest 6yo on the planet. OK--I know every mommy thinks their baby is the Shizznit (i'm not sure what that means but my 15 yo assures me it's a good thing). I teach school and I can see that my kid has coolularity that other kids only hope to achieve in puberty. Allow me to offer evidence. A. My kid can quote entire chunks of movies after watching them only once. He can do the scene in Shrek 2 when the Fairy Godmother picks up King Harold for a talk. He even has the accent...
I met THE most gorgeous man I have ever seen in real life. (I mean Matthew McConaughey is better looking but he doesn't count because he's pretend.) This guy was my ideal of real life perfect handsome manhood. He was six foot two, brown wavy hair, light sprinkling of gray at the temples, chiseled chin, good shoulders,nice chest. Whoa baby slice me off a piece of that! He poked his head in the teacher's lounge and said, "Hi ladies." and I swear we all giggled like 7th graders. I batted my ...
I met THE most gorgeous man I have ever seen in real life. (I mean Matthew McConaughey is better looking but he doesn't count because he's pretend.) This guy was my ideal of real life perfect handsome manhood. He was six foot two, brown wavy hair, light sprinkling of gray at the temples, chiseled chin, good shoulders,nice chest. Whoa baby slice me off a piece of that! He poked his head in the teacher's lounge and said, "Hi ladies." and I swear we all giggled like 7th graders. I batted my ...
I am not a perfect parent. I try. I am acutely aware of my short-comings. I offer my children the choice--either go to therapy now on my tab, or deal with it later and pay for it yourself. OK-So I was having one of those mind-numbingly frustrating conversations with my 13yo. It went something like this: "Why can't I?" "Because A B and C" "But why can't I?" "Let's review--because A B and C" "But Why?" "Why do you ask of you aren't going to listen to the answer?" "Why Can't I?" At this...
I am not a perfect parent. I try. I am acutely aware of my short-comings. I offer my children the choice--either go to therapy now on my tab, or deal with it later and pay for it yourself. OK-So I was having one of those mind-numbingly frustrating conversations with my 13yo. It went something like this: "Why can't I?" "Because A B and C" "But why can't I?" "Let's review--because A B and C" "But Why?" "Why do you ask of you aren't going to listen to the answer?" "Why Can't I?" At this...
I teach at a Catholic school. I love my job. I love the students, the parents, and my fellow teachers. However, I am not Catholic. So, every once in a while the students catch me a in a non-Catholic faux-pas. For instance, my students were having a particular difficult time catching on to what I was asking them to do. Finally, they got it, and I said, "Halleluiah!" The kids were aghast. "Mrs. Mitchell! It's Lent!" (You don't sing Alleluia during lent) Oops! ...
I teach at a Catholic school. I love my job. I love the students, the parents, and my fellow teachers. However, I am not Catholic. So, every once in a while the students catch me a in a non-Catholic faux-pas. For instance, my students were having a particular difficult time catching on to what I was asking them to do. Finally, they got it, and I said, "Halleluiah!" The kids were aghast. "Mrs. Mitchell! It's Lent!" (You don't sing Alleluia during lent) Oops! ...
YESSSS!!!! Today is the day we look forward to every year. As soon as it's past we count approximately 365 or so days till it comes again. We plan, we dream, we make lists. Maybe next year we'll start decorating the house for it and sending out cards. It's (insert trumpet fanfare here) TAX RETURN DAY! Tax Return Day is the one day a year I can afford to take my large family to a restaurant that doesn't have color pictures of the food on the menu. Then I let my little darling shop fo...
YESSSS!!!! Today is the day we look forward to every year. As soon as it's past we count approximately 365 or so days till it comes again. We plan, we dream, we make lists. Maybe next year we'll start decorating the house for it and sending out cards. It's (insert trumpet fanfare here) TAX RETURN DAY! Tax Return Day is the one day a year I can afford to take my large family to a restaurant that doesn't have color pictures of the food on the menu. Then I let my little darling shop fo...