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Comment on Sex sells… even to little girls by Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:33:40 +0000

yes i agree, and attraction isnt natrualy obsolete just obsolete via societey & clarissa was great.

Comment on Sex sells… even to little girls by Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:28:56 +0000

I agree with everything you said EXCEPT for using the Cheetah girls as examples. Because 1) They are all grown women and 2) what’s wrong with how they are dressed? If anything they dress more age-approriate (or tv-age approriate) than Miley or Vanessa or any other Disney “girl gone bad”. They wear makeup bcuz that’s what performers wear and even teenagers wear makeup.

Comment on Um… it’s February? I mean… almost March… by Miss Fox

Miss Fox — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:05:27 +0000

Thank you! You have a wonderful classroom site, by the way.

There are just so many things I have to do and so many things I want to do and not enough time for either! But I’m getting through it. I really appreciate the well wishes!

Edited to add: I’m curious about the assignment, if you’d like to share.

Comment on Um… it’s February? I mean… almost March… by Jill Igarashi

Jill Igarashi — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:20:40 +0000

Hello.
I am looking at your blog as an assignment for my master’s class, but had to tell you that it makes me remember my first year. It was only four years ago, but I remember Staples vividly and the feeling of panic when I looked at the bare walls three days before school started. I hope it all turned out well and I hope that once you were able to sit down and soak it all in, you treated yourself to something nice.

Comment on Sex sells… even to little girls by Miss Fox

Miss Fox — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:32:38 +0000

Wow, Alex. Thanks. I’ll be sure to be on my guard in case you come calling.

Also, um… did you have a point to make? I gather you like the Cheetah Girls… but why? Just curious.

Comment on Sex sells… even to little girls by alex

alex — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:46:59 +0000

bitch you a ho just because the chattah girls dress in dresses you picking on dem. well fuck you. you littl shit fucker. you motherfucker. bitch i will beat your ass.

Comment on Immigration and education by Miss Fox

Miss Fox — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:57:30 +0000

I apologize if you lack the ability to click on links to check sources. Perhaps you should also reconsider typing “no offense” and “you’re an idiot” in the same paragraph.

Anyway, I want to address two things before I have to get to school:

1) I do believe that students and parents and workers should try to learn the language of the country they are going to. I also know that ours is a difficult language to learn, and that most people coming here without learning it are coming from poor countries where they don’t have the resources to learn the language. Most foreigners I encounter (be they Latino, German, Asian, etc) actually do want to learn English. It takes time, more as an adult, to pick up a language and be able to speak it fluently. Many are desperate when they leave their homes to come here to live in shitty conditions – learning a language is something they will get to when they have the time. It’s difficult to judge when you’ve not spoken with them.

2) Also, the Chinese didn’t have the ability to petition for equal treatment the way people do, now, so that is a rather moot point. I’m sure there were some that were doing their best, but the reality was very different then than it is today.

Also, comparing your ability to learn a language when you are overseas for work and a migrant worker’s ability to learn a language are two very different things. I’ll hazard a guess and say that your employer probably sends you, and that they provide language training for you. Even if that isn’t true, you are probably not going overseas because you are too poor to live in the United States, so you probably have the resources and money to learn new languages. I’ll also guess that you aren’t fluent in those languages, but that you learn just enough to get by (it takes many years to become fluent in any language), which is what many immigrants do as soon as they get here.

Being intimidated by people doesn’t exactly help the situation, I might add.

Comment on What’d you just say? by damali ayo

damali ayo — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:45:56 +0000

This is really good work. It is wonderful to see children have the opportunity to be educated in a non-racist way. These small steps really have a big impact- the kids of color will stop being wounded inadvertently by the language of our culture, and white kids will stop using hate and ignorance as a part of their daily vocabulary.

kudos to you.
keep up the good work! It really matters.

damali ayo

Comment on “Teaching first graders to cough” by Margaret Back

Margaret Back — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:19:55 +0000

I too suffered from sinus infections from my little germ transportation vehicle (ny daughter) for years until I heard about coughing and sneezing into the elbow. But it is not easy to teach – Constantly reminding “cough into your elbow is not fun. So I created a product to make the teaching and the learning fun. I invite you to check it out – http://www.germywormy.com
I went from 7 colds/sinus infections a year to 3 and actually none were induced by my daughter (airplane and karaoke microphone to blame)
I wish you the same success I had, and the same health I enjoy now.

Comment on Immigration and education by lfutbol

lfutbol — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:02:22 +0000

well no offense, but seriously…. Bleeding heart liberals are doing a great job bringing this country down. No where did i see sources (your a teacher, right?) and not only that your logic, quite frankly sucks. What if someone speaks german, french, spanish, cantonese, or even pig latin?!! Guess why the chinese never had to petition for equal treatment? They worked their ass off. When I am over seas for work, I learn the language. I don’t expect them to adapt to me. I hate your blog. You’re an idiot.