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My sister is an elementary school teacher, and I can tell you that the national standards specifically instruct teachers not to diagram sentences (or even teach parts of speech). This seems ridiculous, and I didn't believe her when she told me that, but, sadly, it appears to be true. They (which ever geniuses write common core standards) have deemed the process of sentence construction boring and counter to learning to speak and read (apparently because kids gets too wrapped up in details). It is one of those sad casualties of No Child Left Behind, or whatever name that bureaucratic nightmare hides behind these days (Race to the Top!).