[knarf]

.... and he begins too many sentences with the word ... "So .... "

I fail every potential teacher I interview if she or he does that

No one ever corrected that speech pattern because the ones teaching the prospective educator also was linguistically challenged

THAT'S America's problem

[dragnet2]

and he begins too many sentences with the word ... "So .... "

Professional profilers see that as total arrogance and condescending, where most who use that, are all but ignoring what anyone else is saying.