We watched the festivities unfold, at school on that historic day. 3rd graders had no clue why it was an important day in our country until I reminded them about our election study last October. It was hilarious watching them as they watched the events on the big screen. If the crowd was asked to stand, so did all of the 3rd and 4th graders. During the swearing in, all of the kids raised their right hand with the President and Vice President. They folded their hands in prayer, though they looked up often as the prayers went on and on, in monotone voice! They waved "Obama" signs at the big screen TV and judging from the view from the back of the room, they were THERE in Washington DC as far as they were concerned.
One student made me laugh as he summed up the day, "It is the day President Bush moves out of the desk an President Obama moves in." Sounds more like mice than men! Another student was disgruntled because our new President is black. Well...I did point out that his father is black and his mother is white. And as I've pointed out all year, we all bleed red.
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