Civics 101
BagGirl: What’d ya vote for?
FrumeSarah: stunned into silence
BG: I saw a lot of people had those stickers on today. What’s it for?
FS: The primary election.
…Blank stare…
FS: The governor’s race?
…Another blank stare…
FS: Senate seat?
…And again with the blank stare…
FS: Important ballot measures?
BG: Nope. No idea what you’re talking about.
FS: How old are you?
BG: Not old enough to vote.
And this is where FrumeSarah decided to seize the teachable moment…and give a brief (as brief as FS can be) explanation about the purpose of a primary election, as well as the need to participate in said election, in the middle of a very crowded grocery market.
Story is good for a chuckle until… Until you realize that this young woman is probably not alone in her political ignorance and civic apathy.
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Incidentally, when I arrived home, Beernut, who is not known for his powers of observations, remarked “hey, I see you’ve got one of those stickers.”
FrumeSarah: Beernut, you know that I had to actually vote to get one, right.
Beernut (rolling his eyes): I’m not an idiot, you know.
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love it! it’s a good, great, necessary lesson that has to come from *somewhere* even if it is in the middle of a grocery store!! and beernut’s closing? priceless!!
I sometimes wonder if it is fair to inflict Frume Sarah on the world without the least bit of warning.
And yeah, Beernut gets me every time.
oh my goodness.
i ❤ beernut 🙂
Me too 🙂
I just wish my kids would of been there. They would of asked if we are related! Alas we are not just members of the same tribe.
Which is your tribe???
LOL!
Cute post!
For years, we took our kids with us when we went to vote, so they would experience what we told them would be their civic duty: to vote!