Election Results from my AM Kindergarten class (I'm concerned)

[LibraLiz1973]

Concerned that we are kicking too much ass!! (HA HA, as if!)

The results:
Out of TEN children......... TEN VOTES FOR OBAMA.

This was a bit of a surprise to me. I knew that at least 6 were going for Obama, because we have been discussing it in class for the last several weeks. But there were children who said they (read, their parents) were voting McCain.
So the ten for ten surprised me. We talked about why adults make the choices they do in who to vote for, and the one little boy who I knew had previously voted McCain, told me that his parents changed their mind after the last debate. (He actually said after the last a-bate lol)

I'll report later on how the afternoon class goes.

[zingaro]

1. out of the mouths of babes...That's a great story. nt

[LibraLiz1973]

2. I was laughing hysterically internally at the 0 votes for McCain as it was happening

[zingaro]

17. Exactly. Kids are smarter than we think lol nt

[PretzelWarrior]

3. if you teach in a gentrified city area in Boston or something..

no surprise. if you teach in the sticks somewhere, very surprising. if you teach in the suburbs...INTERESTING.

[LibraLiz1973]

5. Suburbs of Philadelphia-- Delaware County

[PretzelWarrior]

7. that's GREAT news for Tuesday

may be well in hand by the time polls close in Rocky Mountains.

[kick-ass-bob]

6. Raleigh NC Middle School:

They split up into electoral votes by "teacher team" (group of 4 teachers)

All Electoral Votes went to Obama.

Yes. ALL.

[Erin Elizabeth]

4. You've been discussing Obama for the last several weeks

with kindergartners?

Great poll result. My daughter's middle school did a mock election across the entire school (some 900 kids in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade) and Obama won by a healthy margin. Nearly a landslide. Suburb of Dallas.

I was happy!

[LibraLiz1973]

8. I've been discussing all past Presidents with them, and the 2 candidates

They came in knowing WAY more than most people would think.
I have 25 children between the 2 classes. The day after Obama's tv
program, 6 of them told me they watched it with their parents.

[Erin Elizabeth]

10. How cool!

I'm all for an informed citizenry, starting young!!!

[LibraLiz1973]

12. The younger you start, the better!!

It's always fun to figure out what they know already!

[TornadoTN]

15. My three year old son is actually grasping a lot of this

Granted, his parents are true blue Obama supporters and it pretty much dominates right now as far as conversation goes, but he's actually getting excited about tomorrow. He knows when Obama is on T.V. by voice and sight and he knows that Mommy and Daddy like him because of a variety of reasons, several he can enunciate very clearly in his own pre-k terms.

I love it.

[rug]

9. They're all koolaid drinkers.

[NatBurner]

11. lol and graham cracker eaters

and then i'd bet they're all nap takers

[LibraLiz1973]

13. No naps.... but lots of pie!

:)

[Clio the Leo]

14. We should all be glad that Obama sharpened his a-bating skills.

Or at least had a very weak opponent this time (compared to Hillary and Edwards)

[LibraLiz1973]

16. True!

[LibraLiz1973]

18. Afternoon Results....

14 showed up.
14 voted

OBAMA



That's right. In TWO separate classes, the vote was Obama.
I had the afternoon parents telling me after class that OF COURSE the kids were voting Obama,
because they are so smart.

Not. One. Vote. For. McCain.

[RayOfHope]

19. I'm blown away by the fact you only have 10 in your class, lol! Luckeeeeee (teacher here) n/t

[LibraLiz1973]

20. lol- 10 AM, 15 PM

Small but fantastically manageable groups!!

:)

[RayOfHope]

21. Its my dream. Can I come co-teach? Early childhood is my game too! n/t

[Wetzelbill]

22. Yeah but libruls always do well with the elitist educated vote

What with there juice boxes and glue paste on graham crackers. They're nothing but Tonka Truck libruls. You don't learn anything from reading pop up books like an egghead, you gotta go straight from the gut.