Starting in kindergarten, schools drill the basic subjects into the heads of their students. Math is taught starting with simple addition, and by the eighth grade, schools expose students to several branches of math, from pre-algebra to geometry. Likewise, in science, students start with the basics of a simplistic water cycle and cloud types, but by eighth grade are learning astronomy and the basics of biology. Yet, when it comes to English, schools fall short. Instead of introducing newer, increasingly challenging and complex concepts to complement the age of the students, schools seem to repeat the same idea again and again until students are bored out of their minds and, in my case, despise writing. 

In this episode of Dinner and a murder, Devin Hall, Rachel Stevens, and Lorelei Dohm cover the murder of child pageant queen Jonbenet Ramsey who was murdered on December 25th, 1996. Host Hall, Stevens,...