I forget which post it was but in it Matt said critical thinking was gone in the 50's. Thanks to my wife my 7th grader (last year) is on the way to become a critical thinker.
While in the car I said that I unknowingly ate 1 of 7 cookies and later found out from Mom that they were made for the teachers. I said which teacher won't be getting one
. After thinking a bit I was told the teacher that won't be there tomorrow when all the other cookies are given out.After returning home, I told my wife about how clever that was about the timing of gifting the cookies and how clever I was in coming up with the gag
. It turns out my 7th grader was going along with my joke the entire time 
. I was told that I would never do anything to jeopardize their education.She surmised:
First, I dare not eat a large homemade cookie without asking knowing it's for gifting purposes.
Second, I always remind the kids to respect their school teachers regardless if they liked them or not so wouldn't eat any of those made for the teachers.
Third, I would never do anything to cause detriment to their educational cause.
I didn't get the last laugh
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Immigrant dad sounds off on 'woke' school agendas 'dumbing down' students
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