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A Crash Course in Grammar: Mastering Conjunctions and Interjections
Conjunctions and Interjections are two of the eight parts of speech.
Foundational grammar skills should be taught in every elementary class. It usually is, but do kids understand it? Both yes and no. Parents freak out because they don’t know what is developmentally appropriate even if they claim they do. Politicians who have never stepped foot inside a classroom keep shoving new mandates down everyone’s throat. Research-based practices? Always changing like some endless game of whack-a-mole. America (U.S.A.) has never given a damn about education! Personally, I attended public school in New York, where we learned our letters in preschool and kindergarten. Things have “changed,” sure, but mostly, it’s just chaos with a fancy label.
School districts across the country do not change their curriculums for years. Many of the rural districts are at least 20–30 years out of date if not more. It is true that your zip code determines the quality of your education. The more taxes a person pays, the better funded those schools are. Title 1 schools never stood a chance. So, here is my small way of attempting to make education a little bit more accessible. I realize I have paywalled my articles, so it does seem counterproductive, but at least it’s an effort to fix the gap…
