Monday, September 20, 2010

Sex and Geography: Hmmm?

This morning's geography assignment for my third grade son was to fill out a (fake) passport application. I told him to do that while I graded his math work.

Sitting beside me, he took out a pen and began filling out the form. He dutifully wrote his name, address, birthplace, birthdate, and then saw...

"SEX: M or F"

He gasped and covered his eyes.

"What's wrong?" I asked, a bit startled. He had buried his face in his left hand and pointed with his right index finger to the word "Sex".

"That!" he exclaimed with muffled mouth. "I've never been one of those!"