As for the poor working parents who have no time to spend helping their children understand, or making sure their homework is done — that’s just more of the “poor me” attitude that’s so rampant today. My mother worked full-time long before most mothers worked, and I worked when my children were young, too. But it’s all about priorities. What’s more important? Teaching your child to read and write the English language properly or climbing that ladder to professional success? If you choose to have children, then you should also choose to make sure they understand and properly use the English language, among hundreds of other things that good parenting requires. And Dads aren’t off the hook either, by the way. It really doesn’t matter which parent takes charge, but one of them must. Amazingly, children left unaccountable choose play time over learning every time — can you believe it?!

Personally, I’m not worried that our President-elect may appear to the Chicken Littles of the world to be a Socialist. I’m just absolutely thrilled to death that he can actually put words together in a proper and sensible way! We’ve just been through eight years with a President who slaughtered our language to the point of being an embarrassment. I can only imagine how often Laura (a librarian!) has been humiliated over the years. I find it hard to believe that George W ever went to school — any school — much less college. He’s quite a bit older than the average English mangler, but he seems to have been graduated from the School of Fail Forward, where it was easier for a teacher to pass him than argue with his Daddy. So, CHEERS! to a new President who will hopefully be an inspiration to young people to study hard, work hard, choose their words, and take pride in their country’s language.

Did anyone review this article?

Sounds like the Pres. elect to me.