<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809870</id><updated>2011-04-21T11:20:24.779-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Heather Mooney, Schoolmarm</title><subtitle type='html'>Welcome to the rantings and ventings of a public middle school teacher.  Raise your hand if you wish to comment.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://littlemarysunshine.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809870/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://littlemarysunshine.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16040525581448315737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809870.post-106652076861564273</id><published>2003-10-18T16:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-10-18T16:46:08.106-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody. . . . &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember when Cat Stevens was cool?  Before he got all, you know, stupid and stuff?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday night:  Parent Conferences.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note to self:  Take deep breaths and keep smiling.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of the parents are lovely people who truly care about their child and want to do their utmost to help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too bad their memory is overshadowed by those chain-smoking welfare assholes who want the school to feed, clothe, and accommodate their child.   "Educate" is not on their list of priorities.  That's too damn HARD.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809870-106652076861564273?l=littlemarysunshine.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809870/posts/default/106652076861564273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809870/posts/default/106652076861564273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://littlemarysunshine.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_archive.html#106652076861564273' title=''/><author><name>Jane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16040525581448315737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809870.post-106454960572589292</id><published>2003-09-25T21:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-25T21:13:25.690-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your&lt;br /&gt;school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to assist you in connecting the right staff member, please&lt;br /&gt;listen to all your options before making a selection:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To lie about why your child is absent - Press 1 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make excuses for why your child did not do his work - Press 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To complain about what we do-Press 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To swear at staff members - Press 4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To ask why you didn't get information that was already enclosed in your&lt;br /&gt;newsletter and several flyers mailed to you - Press 5 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want us to raise your child - Press 6 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone - Press 7&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To request another teacher for the third time this year - Press 8 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To complain about bus transportation - Press 9 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To complain about school lunches - Press 0&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you realize this is the real world and your child must be&lt;br /&gt;accountable/responsible for his/her own behavior,&lt;br /&gt;class work, homework, and that it's not the teachers' fault for your&lt;br /&gt;child(ren)'s lack of effort, hang up and have a nice day!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;____&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809870-106454960572589292?l=littlemarysunshine.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809870/posts/default/106454960572589292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809870/posts/default/106454960572589292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://littlemarysunshine.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106454960572589292' title=''/><author><name>Jane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16040525581448315737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809870.post-106384651854168370</id><published>2003-09-17T17:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-17T17:55:17.916-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Standardized tests are nothing but Satanic fecal matter.  Some 75-year-old guy who has never taught a day in his life and who hasn't set foot inside a school since his own school days, teams up with a 22-year-old education major who thinks school is exactly like the textbook examples, and their offspring is a demon who shits ossified opinion all over our kids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can't say my opinions can't be proven, now can you. . . . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the words my seventh-graders were supposed to figure out from context was 'lust.'  And none of the choices was THAT choice, either.   They might have known that one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And another one was 'Feast of Pentecost.'  Hell, my little dowdy-girls didn't even know what it meant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did I say 'ossified' up there.  Beg pardon.  What I meant was, 'assified.'&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809870-106384651854168370?l=littlemarysunshine.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809870/posts/default/106384651854168370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809870/posts/default/106384651854168370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://littlemarysunshine.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106384651854168370' title=''/><author><name>Jane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16040525581448315737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5809870.post-106350281891864853</id><published>2003-09-13T18:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-13T18:26:58.953-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I teach middle school.  I need a place to vent.  A place to scream and yell and throw things.  A place where I can tell political correctness to kiss off.  Because, it sucks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hopefully, I have found that place.  Yay!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not your average teacher.  Beware.  Tread carefully.  Here Be Dragons.  Bwahahahaha&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5809870-106350281891864853?l=littlemarysunshine.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809870/posts/default/106350281891864853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5809870/posts/default/106350281891864853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://littlemarysunshine.blogspot.com/2003_09_01_archive.html#106350281891864853' title=''/><author><name>Jane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16040525581448315737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
