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Our Little Politician
In the car on our way to swimming class:
C: is reading very important?
Me: extremely! It's one of the most important things!
C: what if a driver was reading a book & not paying attention & the light turned green & everyone honked & got mad & hit them?
Me:......
Me: honey, reading is important...it's just that -
C: see? Reading's not that important.
Well, he's about as advanced as many of the Debate I students I used to have. When given the debate topic, oh, say......whether capital punishment is immoral, a typical Debate I student might say that because executing innocent people is immoral, then necessarily capital punishment must be immoral. It's the typical use an extreme example to prove the rule strategy.
As much as it made me roll my eyes (inside. Not outside. What kind of teacher do you think I was?) back then, today it sort of impressed me that my 6 year-old was capable of such clever logical fallacies.
Perhaps he will be a politician? A lawyer? A bigot?
It will be fun to find out. Unless he turns out to be a bigot. Because that would suck.Labels: our little
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