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Continuing our “Masters of…” series, today we will be speaking of one of the wellsprings of junior high comedy. Art Linkletter, and then Bill Cosby, made a lot of money exploiting the nutty things little kids say. But in the answering a question you haven’t Read More...
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I must confess that I am not really a fan of Halloween. I have always hated costumes and dressing up. In fact, I got married on Halloween just so I wouldn’t have to wear a costume on Halloween any more. (We bolted for Vegas in the little red Porsche she Read More...
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“You got a new chair.” First of all, thanks for the additions to the seventh grade statements-of-the-obvious canon. The “Do we have to?” AFTER the “Yes you do” is a personal pet peeve. But I realized yesterday that I sort of mis-titled that previous post. Read More...
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Let’s begin with an example. The rule in my class for warm ups and other classwork is that they always have to write the title and the date every time they write in their notebooks. So if you, dear reader, were one of my seventh graders, your most likely Read More...
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I had to take last Friday off (for travel to Suckromento), and it was the first time I’d taken a day off this year. It’s always the same the first time I tell them I will be gone. There’s a mixture of yeas and ooohs. I always play it up, “I see how it Read More...
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Two shows out of my top ten TV shows are on tonight, so… My birthday is coming up, and I want this for my cake. Best. Cake. Ever. Read More...
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This past weekend was my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary party. (I was the firstborn son, so you can do the math as far as age is concerned.) I actually drove to Sacramento for the weekend. It all went smoothly. I’ll spare you the recap, except… Before Read More...
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First off: I’ve been a little scatter-brained lately. My PU’s 50th wedding anniversary party thing is this weekend, and we’re leaving tomorrow for my high school stomping grounds; the suburbs of Sacramento. My dad sent me a load of pics to put together Read More...
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We had today off for some reason. All hail Columbus the Conqueror! I was camping down at beautiful Refugio State Beach. 85 and postcard perfect, right down to the dolphins frolicking 100 yards from the beach. Anyway I’m back, and one of our loyal readers Read More...
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Before we start: This is the third year of this blog. I’ve run out of ways to refer to the current group of students. This year’s bunch, the current crop, this year’s geniuses, the current crew, etc. I’m getting tired of coming up with new ones. I have Read More...
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OMG. These kids do not know from commas this year. Some years, they use commas like salt: they just sprinkle them everywhere. Sometimes it seems, there’s even a little pile of commas for dipping here and there. This year, it’s run-on sentences and single Read More...
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The heatwave finally broke, and we finally reached Outsiders chapter 4. Pretty much every year about the third week of September or so, we get a heatwave around these parts. This year was no different. Well maybe a little. For one, the heat was almost Read More...
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OMG. You people rock. Back in the day, when I started using the three-word phrase shtick in my back-to-school night gigs, I used to run through five or six for the parental units, just to illustrate my point about the way middle schoolers “communicate.” Read More...
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Thanks to couple of handy, and memory-jogging, suggestions from Ms. W. over therein the comments, our list of junior high three-word phrases has grown. Here are the original 12: 1. “It’s not fair.” – Used for anything they don’t like. 2. “This is boring.” Read More...
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After I posted yesterday about IHAQ’s, I realized that when most of my questionoholics say, “I have a question,” it really sounds like, “I’ve a question.” This pronunciation makes it yet another three-word-phrase we can add to the list of essential junior Read More...
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