I had one of those head-shaking moments today where I just couldn't believe what I'd said in class.
We are studying the federal government in social studies and I was trying to explain about minority rights and I was giving an example about half the class voting for the president. And I unconsciously kept referring to the President as "he" and one of my girls (AM - one of the ones with all the energy) piped up indignantly, "Or she. The President could be a GIRL." And I was just blown away - both by the fact that I had been making such gendered remarks unconsciously and that this precious fireball of an 8 year old had called me out on it! That in her world it was equally possible for the president to be a female as a male and she wanted to make sure I knew it.
God bless innocence! And may she never lose it. Who knows....maybe if Hillary gets elected I too will live in a world where females can be president.
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