Tuesday, August 10, 2004

political science 101

Well we had political science class tonight and I don't think Josh even realized it. John Kerry is here in Las Vegas and there was a rally at the Thomas Mack Center at UNLV. They were expecting 8,000 and there ended up being over 13,000 there to listen to him speak. Josh was NOT really interested when I told him about all of us going but when we finally got inside (we waited for about 1 1/2 hours just to get into the seating area of the arena and much of that time was spent standing in line outside in Las Vegas summer sun and HEAT) he said to me "Mom, this is so cool!" He listened as we stood some more because by the time we got into the arena seating area there weren't any for all of us to sit together so we went down to the floor area. He was most excited about what Kerry had to say on the environmental issues. As he wants to be a marine biologist or a wildlife specialist someday these are things that are really close to his heart and even at 10 years of age he has VERY strong opinions on the earth and its inhabitants both animal and human. I had to leave off posting for a minute just now because Lauren yelled that we were on the news! It's exciting to see my kids become more informed about the things that really affect them. I want them to know why they stand for something not just spout back things others tell them. I have encouraged them to look up information from MANY different sources. These are the times that I relish learning and experiencing things as a family. Well, I'll try and write more about our experience tomorrow. Lauren is wanting to use the computer.

Here's a link to John Kerry's site for anyone interested:

www.johnkerry.com


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