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The Three Branches of Government

March 10, 2010 By Melissa 1 Comment

Helping 6th-grade Yosef prepare for a civics quiz, I asked: “What are the three branches of government?”
“The Legislative,” he began strongly.
“Good.”
“The… the… Exclusive…”
“Wait… what?”
“And… the… Jud….Judaism!” he finished proudly.

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  1. susan says

    April 15, 2011 at 7:20 am

    From the mouth of babes. Makes life worth living. Reminds me of something one of my 4 year old students (I’m a speech-language pathologist) just said: Me: (reading aloud “Go Dog Go”) The dogs are going fast. Where are they all going? To the tree, to the tree, the dogs are all going…. Kid: to Walmart!

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