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Carpool is a funny thing. I love listening to the kids after school talk about there day, and about there opinions. They say it with such authority, like did you know that it takes 1,000 years to count to 1 billion or the debate about Pluto, and if it’s a planet or a moon.
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Today I overheard a very random conversation about a teacher that they think is “psychotic” I mean come on does a 2nd grader really know what that word means. When asked why the art teacher is psychotic the second grader responds that she has dirty books in her class. I totally understand how art books may seem dirty to a little kid.
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This is where my daughter chimes in, the conversation went something like this:
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Sadie:Â yeah she is crazy, when I was in her class she gave us THE talk during art class.
Me:Â What talk do you mean?
Sadie: You know mom THE talk?
Me: Know Sadie I don’t know what THE talk is.
Sadie: Mom you know the one I had in 5th grade. (notice she still won’t say what it is.)
Me: Oh you mean the maturation talk (dumb word, but it’s what the school called it)
Sadie: Yeah mom, she asked us if we knew all about IT and even though we told her yes she still gave us THE talk.
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At this point I could not help but crack up laughing, that she thought it was such a big deal she couldn’t even say it, and the way she emphasized the words IT and THE.
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I do have to say that the sex-ed talk in Utah is much more G rated than the one I got in Seattle. Here I was invited to go with her, and all they talked about was body hair, and the need to use deodorant at there age. The lady giving the maturation talk held up a stick of Secret deodorant, and said to the girls “ladies the secret is you stink”. I tried my hardest not to laugh at her cheesy jokes while all the girls sat horrified that someone was talking about this in public. Where I’m from they are talking about AIDS, different condom choices, and how to use them. I’m glad we are raising our kids in Utah!
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