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| Two sixth graders with differing grammatical points of view |
Yesterday started out as just another day at Moscone elementary school, however, when violence broke out over the letter "W," the police had to be called to break up the fight. It took Officer Rawley several minutes to get the class under control, after which he joined the impassioned discussion about the letter "W."
"These kids really blew my mind," said Officer Rawley. "I always thought my last name had two vowels, not three, so this could be a game changer for me. I'm still unsure. I was up late into the night scratching my head.....Today, I feel a little better in the sense that I realize I'm still the same person either way. It doesn't change who I really am, you know?"
Ms. Winnow, the students' sixth grade teacher, is proud of her class for their passion over a question that has always nagged at her. "I've always been confused about it. My last name has two 'W's, and one screams out 'No, I'm not a vowel!' and the other says, 'Yes, I am! It's a question that has haunted me all my life. To see the kids get so impassioned about it, when they could be arguing about things like obstruction of justice, abortion rights, and social inequality, just warms my heart. How can we really tackle those big issues when there are still unresolved questions regarding the alphabet, the building block of our language and our culture?"
As of now, the fighting appears to have stopped, and the sixth graders are back to talking about video games, TV shows, sports,, and other such things. The topic of today's English class will be the letter "Y". The Rotting Onion sincerely wishes Ms. Winnow a peaceful yet productive discussion of this very crucial matter.
Written by Diana Shapiro
Photo courtesy of www.parenting-with-love.com
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