My kid came home and said, 'Teacher said I need to use more transition words in my essay.' I said, 'That's great! What transition words did you use?' He said, 'I wrote, And then. And then. And then. And then. And then.' I said, 'That's the same word five times.' He said, 'The teacher said it was a very effective narrative flow. I said, I used the same word five times. She said, That's called repetition for emphasis. You're ahead of the curve. I said, I'm not ahead of the curve. I'm stuck on the curve. I'm going around the curve. The curve is the word and then. I am in a loop with the word and then.'