Ah, Kids

I had a fun little conversation during class last night. I was with a group of kids around 8-10 years of age. We were learning countries. We show a bunch of photos that represent the country and then reveal which one it is. I showed them the photos for America, one of which was a dollar bill. They asked why money always had "old guys" on it and I explained that they were usually dead presidents. One boy proudly told me that he knew that the current president was Obama. Another told me he knew that the former president had been Bush. Then one girl asked if Bush was on any money yet, him being dead and all O_O

I told her that Bush wasn't dead. He just wasn't president anymore. No one believed me. "If he's still alive then how did Obama get to be president?" "He was so OLD!", ect. I told them that a person can only be president for eight years (Yes, I am over simplifying. I am not going to try to explain electoral procedures to 8 year olds. My sanity depends on it.) and then we have to change them. So Bush got replaced by Obama. At the end I still don't think they entirely believed me -_-