When my 8 year old son got home from school yesterday he had many things to tell me, like always. After telling me about who likes who and all the juicy third grade gossip, he asked me a confusing question. "Mom, pick one: true or false." Now lots of you may think, why is this question confusing. I was thinking true or false to what? So that's exactly what I said to him. Then he repeated the question as if the meaning had changed. With the risk of this conversation going round and round for a while, I just sat there quiet to ponder. I seriously thought about this for a minute because I was wondering what this really meant. What was he trying to ask me? Then, an epiphany! "Um...Do you mean truth or dare?" "YEAH!", he said with excitement. Obviously moms have to be mind readers, because that sure was not the same thing.
My son has been back in school for about two weeks. So far the only thing that he has learned that I actually have proof of is: which girls already have an over protective boyfriend, how to do the soulja boy dance (look it up on you tube), and his new game of choice true or false (a.k.a truth or dare). When do they actually learn third grade stuff? Or has this stuff replaced it since I have been in elementary?