Her Sides

My little boy is transitioning into the stage where every word you say matters because he just repeats it. I didn’t realize how crucial this stage was until he started attempting to say words that didn’t quite go down well with me. I was upset because I figured since these words were not spoken at home he had to have picked it up from school. “What are these Teachers saying to these kids?” I wondered out loud.  “What kind of learning environment do they foster these days?” I questioned no one in particular.  I decided this wasn’t just a conversation to have in the hallway as I dropped off my son the next day, this had to be documented even escalated so the Principal was aware in order to correct it. I decided to write a letter to the Teacher to express my disapproval. Dear Teacher, Thank you for taking out the time to teach my son how to identify shapes and point them out in his everyday life. Last night he pointed to the hazard blinker on the dashboard of th...