A group of fifth graders were in my room yesterday when one of them explained socialism like this: "Listen - If I get an A+ on my social studies test and you get an F, then Barack Obama will swoop in and give us both Cs." The listener replied, "AWESOME! And guess what? Obama already won! I saw it on www.nick.com. Because 99% of the world voted for Obama and only 66% of the world voted for McCain, so . . . Obama won!"
I thought perhaps the statistics conversation could get no worse, when another fifth grader asked, "But how many people voted for Pollen?"
I think she meant "Palin," which caused me to wonder (and I know this sounds awful), "When she's 18, will her vote count the same as yours and mine?"
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