Fab Female Friday: Marie Laveau

Mystery, mayhem, and magic surrounds this fab female. Born in Haiti in 1794, this beautiful and multi-talented woman took New Orleans by storm. Voodoo storm! Other accounts claim  she was born in the French Quarter to a white farmer and African American woman. Marie...

Impatient Me ! Life in the Fast Lane

My family agrees! My students as well. I can be a bit impatient. My students are used to me saying “let’s go, let’s go” as they shuffle paperwork forward or as I shoo them to their next class. My family knows I absolutely, positively hate...

Teen Slang 3

Are you flossin’ to your friends about your knowledge of slang! Final 20 words! I saved the easiest ones for last! (Although I included a few obscure terms  just to “keep it real.”) 1. steelo 2. bomb 3. crib 4. ghetto 5. yo 6.keep it real 7. play 8....

Teen Slang 2

Don’t be a tool! OK hipsters! I have 20 more words for you! Let’s see if you know the definition of these slang terms. 1. tool 2.down 3. trip 4. beat 5. chill 6. wack 7. tight 8. bunk 9. dis 10. bling 11. game 12. props 13. step off 14. front 15. played...

Teen Talk

“Yo dawg, how mad cool are you?” (translation: hey good friend, how crazy cool are you?) Sometimes when teenagers speak it sounds like a foreign language. It is! But I think this generation has created a whole lot more vocabulary than back “in the...
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