Losing battle.

I am in a losing battle with language in my house.

Just when I was starting to get comfortable with Kreyol (as in not sound TOTALLY like a tool, just partially) my kids started digging into French. And when I say kids, I mean ALL 11 of them. Even Josiah... his preschool is "international" meaning they teach in Kreyol, French and English.

I REALLY want my kids to learn and I want to be a part of their learning-- their lessons and homework. But I really don't want to have to learn French. I just don't have the time or energy.

But here was the straw that broke the camel's back-- we were on the way home from the beach and this conversation happened:

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Nia: "Mom, what's the mark in English you put over an "e" to make it say "e" (like as in a long e.)

Me: Well, there is no mark, it just depends on where you put it in a word.

Nia: Well what's the mark if you want an "e" to say "eh" (ie- a short e).

Me: There isn't a mark.

Nia: Well then how do you know how to pronounce it?

Me: Well, we're getting to that in phonics, but it all depends on where it is in the word and the other letters around it.

Nia: (exasperated sigh!) French just makes so much more sense!

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She's moved over to the dark side.

What I wanted to say was, "No, KREYOL actually makes the most sense because all words are pronounced phonetically," but I just sort of shook my head and resigned myself to the fact that I will be starting French school at some point in my near future...