TMAO puts his blackbelt in conversational judo to good use, rebutting a bilious sixteen-page screed with naught but two paragraphs and one raised glass. ¶ Mamacita sez that teachers are leaving the game ’cause the lame kids are getting coddled. TMAO raises a beer to their early retirement and sez that dealing with lame kids is part and parcel of the game. ¶ Anyone wondering after my stance on this point or my opinion of TMAO probably joined up with us after this. ¶ Also, as TMAO’s unofficial archivist, I should note that this post of his is not irrelevant.

Longtime commenter Jackie’s rockin’ her own blog. We here at dy/dan International Headquarters wish her all the best.

Can’t tell y’all how much I dig a teacher who doesn’t shy from cursing. This here edubloc is populated far and wide by jargon-spewin’ automatons, a dozen of which I’d buy for a dime ‘cept I don’t know if I could tell one from another. There are subtler ways to relate to real human beings than through profanity, sure, but I prefer it to the antiseptic alternative. ¶ Along those lines, Taylor’s got nine writing tips she picked up from Slim Shady.