The Place to Take a Humor Break
My ninth-grade English teacher was named Sister Mary Barbara, but for purposes of anonymity, I’ll call her Sister Mary Barbarian. She was the toughest, strictest, unyieldingest teacher I ever had—a member of the order the […]
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK With June comes graduation, and I always wanted to do a commencement speech. I don’t know why. I’m not that good at public speaking, and I’d guess a graduating class […]
Introduction These are the adventures of a valiant woman who, later in life, decided that she was not quite educated enough. Come with her as she struggles inside the halls of ivy. Feel compassion as […]
Vietnamese Entree SPRING ROLLS (cha gio) INGREDIENTS – SAUCE 1/4 teaspoon Thai chili or red pepper flakes or minced serrano 1/4 cup fish sauce or Hoisin sauce 1 tablespoon lime juice 1/4 cup sugar ½ […]
If I have a son or daughter somewhere, I’m going to become one of those concerned parents. I’ll be concerned that Math is not being thought correctly and that the numbers don’t add up. At […]
ARIES: You are going to be tossed out of college on your patootie after you call the Dean a pretentious douchebag with a small dick. This will be the first of many idiotic mistakes in […]
According to a study by the University of Amsterdam, the human race has been declining in intelligence since the Victorian Era. Reasons for this are many including environmental factors, access to quality education, nutrition, and […]
Part One: Getting There To most people, the years spent at college are like an extended rite of passage. Unlike those imposed by primitive societies, college students don’t have to learn to hunt with poisoned […]
Tell me how this is any different from one of those old Three Stooges routines. A public school in Texas recently held a gun-safety training class for teachers and other employees. At the end of […]
It’s a huge cultural taboo to criticize teachers, but I don’t care. They are not perfect and I can’t keep quiet about this issue any longer. My beef is with the relentless assignment of […]