i have a workshop all day today, so i am lazing around this AM eating breakfast and drinking coffee. i can be a little bit later today than normal.

anyway. my obs less–n yesterday involved web eval and decision-mak—g. the kids got into it. i was pleased. on one of the sites, apparently, there was an ad asking which candidate was more likely to cheat on his wife?

there’s my boss sitting in the back, and this kid, who’s pretty savvy (and they all knew she was there) raises his hand and asks me why they had that ad on that site. uhm.

the teac–r and i looked at each other with the same “oh shit” look. i quickly went into asking him whether he thought that was appropriate or relevant and he said no. and i agreed–so we had a little talk about what IS important when deciding on a candidate. then i threw in that if i’d seen that ad, i wouldn’t have even put the site on their list to review. said with sort of an embarrassed chuckle, to which my boss laughed too. KIDS! arrrrgh!

i had a couple other interesting questions too.

why can’t kids vote?

why am i not old enough to be president?

yeah. and they were serious too. it was funny. or cute. or scary. not sure which. depends on the kid i guess.