A strange thing happened yesterday
Okay, not strange for my town, I guess. But I’d never encountered it before.
Before I say anything, I must add that I am a moderate-Democrat. It’s the way I grew up. But what I hate is when schools aren’t politically neutral.
Recently, we had an assembly on MLK. That’s fine with me. Then the step-dance team did a dance blatantly advertising the Democratic party. And it just really annoyed me that they were assuming everyone in my school was a Democrat.
The next day, my drama teacher asked us what we thought about the assembly. Me, with my big mouth, raised my hand and without thinking said that I wished it had been more politically neutral.
Everyone in the class turned and looked at me. Then Kyle, in a slow tone, the one people use before they shoot you in movies, said: “Are you a Republican?”
I could have just answered no. But I got all mad at him for implying that it was a deadly sin to be a Republican. I turned and glared at him and said,
“Does it matter?”
