I need help from all you Sandlinistas and free floating internet junkies out there on the web. My daughter’s kindergarten teacher has been using transition as a verb. “We will now transition to the playing field.” Transition is not a verb. I don’t want people talking like that around my precious child.
I would rather she say shit. Shit can be a verb. Ain’t is at least in the dictionary, even if it is an example of the wrong way to talk. Transition as a verb is not in the dictionary.
Leila loves her teachers and her school. Heck, I love her teachers and her school. It’s an amazing school full of amazing people and she’s happy as a tree squirrel in spring there. The last thing I want is for them to turn on my daughter because I’m a language prig. But how would you feel if someone said, “It’s time to transition into the lunch room,” in front of your impressionable child?
So, what should I do? How do I let the teacher know this is something that matters? No one likes to be corrected. It’s probably some teacher-talk thing she learned in grad school. For all I know, kindergarten teachers across America are all using transition as a verb and my daughter’s generation has gone down the tubes before they’ve turned six.
Any advice you can give would be appreciated.
Showing posts with label bad language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bad language. Show all posts
Monday, July 30, 2007
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