Out of the mouths, once again

Rachel is now in her second week at the Davis Academy, a Reform Jewish Day School. She loves it. She is making new friends and she loves her teachers. They teach character as well as lesson plans and there are already signs she is sopping it all up like a sponge.

We told her what a good school it was. We also told her that one reason she was going there is our neighborhood has grown increasingly Hispanic and we were told by two former teachers at our neighborhood school that many of the kids there do not speak English. We didn't want Rachel frustrated by the language barrier and wanted to give her the best opportunity to learn.

Right before school started, we went to that neighborhood school to vote in a runoff election. We brought Rachel with us, to explain the election process. So we're registering, moving toward the voting machine, when Rachel says audibly, "They speak English here!"

Watch what you say around your kids, lesson 43!