Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Vocabulary: the Building Blocks of Education

“What is this?” Gloria is holding up the Etch-a-Sketch that Eli 4.0 got for his birthday.

“It’s a drawing device,” I said. “The knobs make the line go in one of four directions.”

“Thanks for that,” she said. “I mean the WORD.”

On the Etch-a-Sketch, clearly, is the word BUTT.

“Um, not sure about that. I don’t remember.”

“Is there anything you do remember?” she asked.

“Yes. I clearly remember that you missed seeing “BOOTIE” on there before we did “BUTT”.

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