1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: All right, time now for today's Strawberry Letter and listen. 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: If you need advice on relationships, on dating, work, sex, parenting, 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: and more, please submit your Strawberry Letter to Steve Harvey 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: FM and click submit Strawberry Letter. We could be reading 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: your letter live on the air, just like we're gonna 6 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: read this one right here today. Okay, Strawberry letter, that's 7 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: what we have right now. Buckle up and hold on tight. 8 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: We gotta put you here. It is a Strawberry letter. 9 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: Oh Morgan, all right. Subject, I need to help this 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: poor child. Dear Stephen Shirley. Thirteen years ago, I became 11 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: friends with a newly married young couple at church. They 12 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: have two children and they are good, god fearing people 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: with large heart. The only problem is that they are 14 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: not BookSmart, and the wife is liking in the common 15 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: sense department too. They both speak terribly and their subject 16 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: and verb agreement is always off. Their spelling is even worse. 17 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: I hate to admit it, but when I first met 18 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: this couple, my first impression was that they both had 19 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: learning disabilities when they were younger, and that's how they met. 20 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: After knowing them a while, I know that's not true. 21 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,559 Speaker 1: The husband never graduated from high school and the wife 22 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: just recently got her ged. We are all in a 23 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: church group and we discussed family stuff. So since it's 24 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: back to schooltime, we were all happy to see our 25 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: children going back to the classroom, all of us except 26 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: this one couple. They announced to the group that they 27 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: planned to homeschool there eight year old this semester. Everyone 28 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: in the group started looking around and we were all quiet. 29 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: We left the church meeting, and before I could get 30 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: in my house good, I had three messages from people 31 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: in our group telling me I had to stop them 32 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: or their child would be ruined for life. Since I'm 33 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: the closest one to them, they suggested I tell them. 34 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: How can I tell my friend that homeschool and her 35 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: child may turn her child into a little dummy? Maybe 36 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: I can talk to a counselor down at the school 37 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: where the child is supposed to be enrolled. Or should 38 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: I mind my own business? Mind my business and just 39 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: pray that this turns out better than we expect it to. 40 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: I feel like I owe it to the child to 41 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: speak up thoughts. Okay, now you know you can't tell 42 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: these people how to raise and educate their children. You know, 43 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: You can't do that. That will cause major problems. You 44 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: can only suggest to them. You can only just try 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 1: to help them in some way. You say they speak terribly, 46 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: they don't have much common sense or book sense. You 47 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: say they're good, god fearing people with large hearts. You 48 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: said that in your letters. So hopefully these good god 49 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: fearing people with large hearts, they will welcome your advice, 50 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: in your suggestions. But you can't go in there, you know, 51 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: trying to take over and oversteps. These are their children, 52 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: not yours. Talking to the school counselor telling the mom 53 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: that the homeschooling will turn her child to a little dummy, 54 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: that's very unacceptable, that's out of line. Okay, as a friend, 55 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: just try to help her, maybe set up her homeschool procedure, 56 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: you know, the processes of things you have to go 57 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: through to do that. You can contribute and help the 58 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: kids read and things like that. I think the fact 59 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: that the mom just recently got her ged, I think 60 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,360 Speaker 1: that that means that she's trying to do better, and 61 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: she wants to do better, and she wants to do 62 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: better for her kids. So support her, encourage her, be 63 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: a friend to her, but don't take over get in 64 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: there and you know, yeah, you should mind your own business, 65 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: get all up in their business. She could end up 66 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: resenting you and this couldn't This wouldn't be good, Steve, 67 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: I disagree. So damn what somebody got to say these babies. 68 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: Somebody need to stop this forward half to ignorant ass 69 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: people can't own school a baby. You just said, she 70 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: just recently got her damn ged and the husband just 71 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: got here. They fought it. Now you're sitting up in 72 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: here and you're sending up here scharity. See that's your problem, sheldy. 73 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: You just you're a Christian and y'all way wanted them anything, 74 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: and don't stay in it. Somebody got to get in here. 75 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: Last thing we need is two more of them. We 76 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: got to get involved here. You got to say, these kids, 77 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: this is not no time to be Christian. We ain't 78 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 1: got time for that. Listen to me them dog on kids. 79 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: You don't know nothing. You just said they talk ignorant 80 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: at the church group. You just said they ain't got 81 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 1: good sense. Now they've been the home school some kids 82 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: and you're sitting up in here. You're scared they gonna 83 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: send the kids off to schooling and now you're gonna 84 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: they're gonna home school them and turn them into little dummies. 85 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: I can promise you it's already too late. Them kids 86 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: is already a product of them two parents. If we 87 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: don't get them babies in school, we're gonna have two 88 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:25,920 Speaker 1: more them your church. It's fitting to be a congregation 89 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: full of little dummies, all of them sitting over that 90 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: don't know nothing. You're sending the pin here complaining about 91 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: this lady on the thing you know, I'll tell you 92 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 1: what you better do. You better have some little ninjas 93 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: dropping in at that home school, educating them kids when 94 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: the plans send them the recess or something. That's your 95 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: only chance, he said, Ninas, Yeah, they set up. You 96 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: said in your letter that the only problem is that 97 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: they not book smart and the wife is lacking in 98 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: common say, damn, so you don't know nothing in books 99 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: all life? What they can tell you? Two kids, they 100 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: both speak terribly, and they subject and verb agreement is 101 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: always all Hold on, Steve, hold on, we'll have part 102 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 1: two of your response about this. Subject and verb agreement 103 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: is always all well. If Part two of Steve's response 104 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 1: coming up at twenty three after the hours, subject I 105 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: need to help this poor child. We'll be back. You're listening, 106 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: all right, Steve. Let's recap today's Strawberry letters. Subject I 107 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: need to help this poor child. Got These are newly 108 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: wired people like a church and a god fee and 109 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: large hearts. The only problem is they not book smart 110 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: and wife is lacking in common sense Department two. Both 111 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 1: for them speak terribly and their subject and verb agreement 112 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: is always off. Everybody having because kids going back to school. 113 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: Everybody in the little church group celebrating septies two. They 114 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:17,679 Speaker 1: didn't told y'all they fit the home school day two kids. 115 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: Everybody in the group got quiet because they're trying to 116 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: figure out Haiji two ignorant to ask people go home school? 117 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: These two little poe ass kids. That's what this letters about. 118 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: But let me focus on the line here and Sully, 119 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna need your help right here, because I'm approved 120 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: to you why these parents need to send their children 121 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: to school. Okay, Shirley, Yeah, Because the lady says they 122 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: both speak terribly and their subject and verb agreement it's 123 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: always off. What that means is the subject and the 124 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: verb that they use in the same sentence never apply. 125 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: So now Surely you don't know what they're talking about, 126 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: but I do. So what I want you to do, Shirley, 127 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: so I can prove my point. You need to get 128 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: these kids ask up at to school. I'm gonna be 129 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: the child of these little ignorant ass pairs. Now, I 130 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: want you to ask me any question on any subject. 131 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: Ain't got to be pertaining to a child or nothing. 132 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: But I'm gonna show you what it is to mean 133 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: that your subject and verb don't agree, and gonna prove 134 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: why they need to go to school. First question, all right, 135 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: what time do you have to get up to go 136 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 1: to school today? What? What that is? Fault? What see 137 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: that means? Why do I have to get up on 138 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: time to go to go? Ahead? What did you get 139 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 1: for lunch today? What do you have for lunch today? 140 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: I'd be fitting to eat mine, I'd eat what I'd 141 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: be fitting to eat mine? Did you lay your clothes 142 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: out to go to school tomorrow? What you're gonna wear? 143 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: Close me to wear it tomorrow. Okay, you're proving your point. 144 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: Don't come on any question. It ain't got to be school. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah? 145 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: What's your favorite TV show? TV and media? Watching? Up? 146 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: There for that thing? Did see you? Yes? Yes, yes, huh. 147 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: Let's give me just why they ask need to be 148 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: in school? Come on, what's your first and last name? 149 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 1: My last name is pholded folded. First one was old 150 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: with you need to get immediately. I'm talking about don't 151 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 1: getting these people bits. You better say the damn baby. 152 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: This ain't even funny. Go ahead, no, it's it's it's 153 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: definitely not funny. Um okay, so um, oh I know, 154 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: I know. So what do you What did you learn 155 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: today when you went to church? I for church and 156 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: learned it that that lesson for them? What? How old 157 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: did you say? What a lesson for learned it? I 158 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: learned it? I learned it that the cross was up 159 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: and JESU was stuck on it. How old did you say? 160 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: You were? Fifteen? What this letter is eight? This is 161 00:10:57,559 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: what's gonna happen if you don't get the hens to school. 162 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: Two more questions. Okay, what's your favorite food? What's us? 163 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: Chips and corn bread? Can you spell corn bread? Hell? Yeah, okay, 164 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: let's hear it. Corn bread? See you in bee cone bee? 165 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: Corn bed? Corn bed? You don't like corn bed? No? 166 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: I like corn bread? Oh see oh you fancy no 167 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: for that, you won't use all in letters in your words. Yeah, 168 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: that's usually how it goes. Yeah that ain't that ain't 169 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: for high go for my mom and my daddy. My 170 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,199 Speaker 1: mom and my daddy told me school like that important. 171 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 1: I don't think they said that, did they. My mama 172 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: just got her ged and her cousin took the test 173 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 1: for her. See I looked at that positively, or her cousin. 174 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:17,839 Speaker 1: Her cousin took the test for her. All right, Steve, 175 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: you've proved, You've proved your point. That's why you got 176 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: to get these kids. A lot of kids that are home. 177 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: It's hard to listen to my home school, Winton. How 178 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: you think that went? What you my home school? Winton? 179 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: All right? Listen. You can post your comments on today 180 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: Strawberry Letter on Instagram and Facebook, at Steve Harvey FM, 181 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: and check out the Strawberry Letter podcast on demand you're 182 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:49,599 Speaker 1: listening to