Politics...A 7th Grader's View

While I was at the middle school today, I had the following conversation with one of the 7th graders:

Student (Head down): I'm tired
Me: Yeah, me too. I was up till 2 am.
Student: Doing what?
Me: Watching election returns on TV
Student: Did you want Kerry to win?
Me: Well, yes, I'm fairly liberal
Student: Me too.
Me: Do you know what liberal means?
Student: Well, no.

Kids say the darndest things. More than likely, he'd heard parents or teachers talking politics, and copied them. I don't think ideologies form that early...still, I had to smile at a kid talking politics.

A future voter in the making.