Whoa! That's cool!

Disclaimer: this post has mild political content. Yes, I am a rabid, die-hard, semi-knee-jerk liberal. Yes, I think President Obama has every right to speak to school children. But, for the record, I also thought that Bush had every right to read to school children in September of 2001. Like 'em or hate 'em, agree with them or disagree with them, these are authority figures, and the more authority figures who read to kids, talk to kids, tell kids that school is important, that behaving is important, that working hard is important, the better.

BUT. This post is more about being a proud mom than being a political being. So, if you disagree with me, fine. You're entitled to your opinion.

But keep it out of the comments when I'm being proud of my boy!

(rant over)

Now, on to more important stuff!

As I was sitting down to my lunch today, I got a call from Peter's English teacher. "Hmmm," thinks I, "this is unusual..." Now, Peter is a good kid, and typically doesn't get in trouble at school. But he's also 11, and is beginning to push some boundaries, just to see what happens. So, I have to admit -- I had a brief moment of worry, wondering if he'd pushed the wrong boundary!

But, no, the teacher was just calling to tell me that they'd watched President Obama's address today in Language Arts, and that one of the local new stations had been there filming them. The news folks had picked three kids from the class to interview afterwards to hear their reactions to the speech...

Including Peter!

He's going to be on TV!!!!

Fun!

Mr. Armstrong said that the story would start streaming late this afternoon, and they're pretty sure it will be aired tonight at 6 and 11 (for anyone local).

UPDATE:Here's a link to the video of Peter, and here's a link to the text article