"what did the President say in his speech today", I asked my little girl, who is six and in the first grade.
"Uh, he said boys are stupid and sometimes girls are too and we're supposed NOT be stupid!" she replied happily.
"Are you sure that's what he said?" I inquired.....
She answers "well, no he also said to behave so your teacher doesn't pull a card and call your mom!" This is how they discipline in the schools now, they pull a card (this is probably like the adult version of probation) and when they have to pull a card three times, they lose time outside formerly known as recess.
Ok, well that's how the president's talk to the schools was heard through the ears of a six year old. I'm wondering what the older kids thought. I'll never know but sometimes I'm sure if we interpreted life like a six year old, it would seriously STRESS us much LESS.
After all, didn't someone once say all you really need to know what life you learn in kindergarten?
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Having worked several years with grown men who behave like kindergarteners, I might disagree with the statement, "all you really need to know about life you learn in kindergarten" but that's a whole other story.
ReplyDeleteWhen I posed the question regarding the President's address to our four...almost five...year old her reply was "who is the President". It was a proud moment for me. It appears that I have failed to educate my daughter about our nations leader! I told her the President was Barack Obama. She wanted to know what he looked like. Being on dial-up...stop laughing...and not wanting to take an hour to download his photo I tried to explain to a four year old what the president looks like. The best I could come up with was he was a tall, brown skinned, man. Good grief! A tall brown skinned man. Am I a moron? I am an educated viable member of society and all I can say is our President is a "tall brown skinned man". Our daughter replied, "can I have a snack" and just like that I was off the hook.
Abe Lincoln was a "guy with a beard" and Thomas Jefferson was a "man wearing stockings" and I am a complete moron! Hey pass me some of those Cheerios...what time does Spongebob come on?
"The Claremoron"