Tag: children
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“All Grown Up.”
I hate the expression “grown-up.” There’s just something about it that is so depressingly final. I don’t mean to say that I want to live a completely infantalized life*, I am merely trying to suggest that the idea of being a “grown up” is a lazy slump…in fact it is more than that, I would suggest it is…
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Mermaid (France)
France ~ Dordogne – 1996 You may note that this is a tale that dates back to some time ago – in fact it is from the dusty shelves of the Taggart family archives ~ so you could say we’re going in a time machine all the way back to 1996(ish)…yes, so you’ll have to…
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Smelly Feet
The kids have started doing something really, really weird – okay so weirdness isn’t exactly a shock to me anymore…but you know what I mean! They’ve taken to crouching on all fours, and shoving their nostrils above people’s feet to get a good sniff. Anyone without shoes on is a target for them…I guess it’s…
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Playroom Craziness
Dammit! Always so full of energy on Monday morning…I guess they’re pretty excitable too! Like this story? Then why not like the Facebook page? http://www.facebook.com/storytimewithjohn YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE!
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Mad Axe Murderer Man (Spain)
Spain ~ Unknown – 2001 During my childhood my family would spend their summer holidays trawling through Europe. Wow, sounds wonderful! Well…sure, it does now, but back then I thought of it as a living hell. I mean, imagine this – five children and two adults squeezed into a battered people carrier, in searing heat…driving,…
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Monday…
I bet you don’t like Mondays…right? Well I am not sure anyone does; they mark the end of the weekend, and highlight the whole “I have to work in order to feed myself and basically just stay alive” thing – you know the one, it’s never nice. Well what you probably don’t know is that there…
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Pros and Cons of…me.
The two middle school girls I teach this afternoon were almost falling asleep in my lesson on persuasive writing…that was until they thought up this masterpiece – I guess all they needed was a lively debate on something they are enthused about – at my expense of course, as per usual! I think they’re joking…yeah, they’re joking……
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NEVER try to reason with kids…
Just a quick one here, but do please tell me what you would do in this situation. You see today one of the kids made it his aim to bite my bottom at all costs…like, he wasn’t going to let anything get in his way until my butt cheeks were shredded to pieces and bleeding…
John Lee Taggart 