Teacher: “You are supposed to be doing a packet, not dismantling your pen.”
Student: “But I’m not dismantling it – I’m taking it apart!”
Teacher: “‘Dismantling’ and ‘taking apart’ are synonyms – they mean the same thing.”
Student: “Yes, but I understand ‘taking apart.’”
– Sixth Grade Interaction
November 8th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
I call upon our political and social leaders to make it a top national priority to make our children understand the meaning of “dismantling”. Also “obstructing”.