There is a reason why people decided to become teachers, but there is an even bigger reason why some people decide not to become teachers. That is because it is hard. Teaching the young minds of the world is not for the faint of heart and it takes a lot of patience and skill to do that every single day. Since a lot of school is being done virtually now, parents are finding themselves more involved in their child’s learning. They are trying to help their child with math, history, and science. However, it turns out that language may be the hardest subject.
Tiffany Jenkins is a normal mom, with a huge platform. She is known for the popular blog Juggling the Jenkins and she posts some very funny and relatable things for parents out there. Tiffany is a mom, comedian and social media mogul who lives in Florida, one of the hardest hit states for COVID-19.
Her latest video is absolutely hilarious, because she is trying to navigate how to teach her child “sight” words. Her child is in kindergarten and they are learning sight words, and she can not understand how teachers do this. She uses the word “know” for example. She tries to explain that the “k” and “w” are silent, and that her child should just forget they are there and just pronounce the two middle letters. Now that we think about it, we have no idea how we would teach that.
She also talks about the struggle when you have to teach a child the difference between “ate” and “eight.” Words that sound exactly the same but are spelled completely different. She is not alone in this struggle, as parents are finding out how truly difficult the English language can be. Tiffany spoke to Good Morning America and she said that it is difficult because she is actually being forced to pay attention to the words.
She said her son is sounding out the words how they are spelt, so he is technically not wrong when he says the word “know” like ka-no-ow, but she does not understand how to teach him about silent letters.
Tiffany said that a lot of parents chimed in with similar woes and experience when it comes to “sight” words and that they are now just understanding how weird the English language is now that they have to teach it to their child.
Source: Good Morning America