And to REALLY make the antis' tiny heads explode...

[Breed]

I sure as hell wasn't this eloquent at 8.

I'm sure your spelling and punctuation was so much better though.

[Jim in NYC]

Yes, I'll never forget "The Talk" with my parents about homosexuality when I was 8.

Actually, that's about when my stepfather had "The Talk" with my kid brother. I'd offhandedly started a sentence with "When I was going out with Greg", and my brother, said, "You went out with Greg? (yes, at 8 years old, he knew what that meant) But you're both boys!"

My stepfather calmly said, "Well, some boys go out with other boys."

My brother shrugged and went back to his ravioli.

[Jim in NYC]

I'm sure your spelling and punctuation was so much better though.

Honestly don't remember. I was in Catholic school at that point, though, and the nuns were not particularly forgiving of lapses. Instruction through destruction was one of their favorite tactics.

[Jim in NYC]

And coincidentally enough, the other night at rehearsal, my director brought the binder she keeps of thank-you letters we've gotten from kids when we visit schools..and yes, some of the third graders did actually write like this.

Unfortunately, so did some of the seventh graders.