Thursday, December 19, 2013

To Quote My Grandmother: "Why Are Teenagers So Stupid?": A History Lesson

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As the semester draws to a close and I read over student papers that reflect their newly acquired knowledge, I've come to a realization....
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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Whore's Offspring

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The Oxford English Dictionary offers 37 definitions for whore; 27 for slut; 234 for "virgin"; 35 for "chaste." Urban Dic...
Friday, October 4, 2013

Trend-setting

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Just as celebrities set the trends for fashion and hip-hop artists set the trends for slang, I want to set the trends for icon usage.  Inste...
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Monday, September 23, 2013

"Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving" -- William Shakespeare

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Amen, oh god of the quill. What favorable, even if "unmerited" reputation that I have just took a roundhouse kick to the face. A...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Don't Jack My Schtick

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I work with a collection of passionate, intelligent, and innovative teachers whom I regard with the utmost respect. But, I think I'm go...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Punctuation Is the New Sexy

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Well, I thought that I had solved the mystery of why my forty-year-old ass can only attract men south of 30, but then a further study of t...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

If you don't have anything pertinent to say . . . "

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Well all do it. Every single one of us, and if anyone tries to tell me that he or she doesn't, I will call, "bullshit." We ...
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