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LJ Idol Week 12: Barrel of Monkeys
Melody the monkey lived in the state of Kemucky where all the primates ran wild and free. They all peeled bananas, pounded on pianos, and named all their children Hannah or Anna...or Sam.
And all of the Hannahs and Annas and Sams couldn’t stand Melody because she was as different as different could be. You see she was born Deaf, completely ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 11: Recency Bias
Last school year I had the kind of class that could wear a fake mustache and still keep their cool. I don’t ever remember anyone acting a fool or purposefully breaking a rule. No one made sounds like a rhinoceros and the kids were just not obnoxious. Every bit of it was bliss and I often reminisce about the amount of awesomeness that I ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 10: “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting our time”
The dashboard in my car has so many lights flashing that it looks like a Christmas tree. And my gas tank is always running on E. I clunk, clink, and clank my way to work where I teach to my full capacity in a classroom filled past capacity. My kids come to me struggling to read, write, add, and subtract, barely surviving in a system that is well ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 9: Keep Calm and End This Meme
Its 7:46 in the mornin’, practically the crack of dawn and my second graders are already cuttin’ up. Actin’ a nut. Breakin’ my pencil sharpener and throwin stuff. Miss Teacher’s had enough, can’t they just sit down and shut the fuck up? I want to scream, inside I’m seething but I remember to close my eyes and focus on my breathing ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 8: Yes, and
A couple years ago I went on a date with a man just because his name rhymed with mine. I’m not lyin ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 6: Step on a Crack
On the hundredth day of school I used to wear a bright red cape with 1-0-0 written on my shirt in duct tape. My class would count out 100 Cheerios and then ten kids would take off their shoes and count their toes. I suppose this was a time when I felt like a real superhero. ..I just didn’t know ( Read more... )