Opportunistic Politicians and Terrorists Are Hurting our Children
Or Why Little Adam Can’t Count…
Thus spoke Adam:
one…tew…free…four…five…sisx…seben…eight…nine… eleven..twelve…firteen…fifteen..nineteen…eleventeen..
Curious…
Did you notice that, too?
No matter how many times we correct him and say no, Adam, nine TEN eleven, he automatically reverts to nine…eleven
Yep, 9-11.
Somehow (could it be through the perverted national dialogue focusing on fear-mongering?) 9-11 has been beaten into our national consciousness so much that an innocent pre-schooler doesn’t even think the number 10 even exists between 9 and 11. Curse you George “my legacy is 9/11” Bush!
I’d been correcting him for months, telling him to say nine ten eleven, but he’d always revert back to 9, 11, and then some random order of the teens… Last week it hit me like a ton of bricks… he always says 9/11.
I now resolve to never, ever, again say the phrase nine-eleven in front of my son until he learns to count properly.
And a boot to the head of anyone reading this who runs up to Adam yelling “Nine eleven!” over and over again.
Heheh.
Can I run up to him and scream “NINE TEN!”?
:)
Running up to kids and screaming isn’t my cup of tea.