I am so proud of Nicholas, my 12 year old. This morning he told be about an incident at school on earth day. I think he waited this long to tell me because he thought I would be mad, but I wasn't.
Apparently, to celebrate Earth Day, one of his teachers was Going on and on about saving the earth, saying we are almost out of fresh water and oil blah blah blah. So her lesson plan for the say was to make each student in all of her classes make large posters about saving the earth.
My son, raised his hand and said, "if we are trying to save the earth, don't you think using all this paper to make posters is a little hypocritical? Did you drive here today, or ride your bike?"
Apparently the teacher didn't like the questions, and just ignored him. Then the other kids in class started questioning her too. In typical Liberal fashion, because she couldnt answer any of the questions, she sent 4 of the students into the hall, including my son.
I told him that I was proud of him. I explained that it is ok to question what you are told when it doesn't make sense, but to remember to always be respectful when doing so.
