In bold letters…the ‘OFFICE OF ACCOUTABILITY’…misspelled words splashed across the neatly nauseating power point we are viewing in our staff meeting.
I pity the cog man newly appointed and required to school us in all the new terms. Ridiculous twists and phrases…such as ‘previous methodology’, ‘newly re-identified designation’, ‘different filters’ and ‘percent gap reduction’. Save us all.
Save the tentative first grader approaching me regularly with a carefully placed kiss on my right cheek and a murmured, ‘I love you’…one English phrase she masters and likes to practice very, very quietly. Unkempt, shabby, shy and given to lengthy procrastination in the cloak room; unable to manage her coat, boots, hat, mittens, book bag…
I present to you the child through the looking glass…as I keep my heart out of sight…
690 Saint Paul 