Are you receiving radio transmissions from your dental fillings?
Don't be too hard on them, kids are very resiliant. In 1968 my teacher had a mock election for the presidential primary.
We could vote Dem, Rep, or Ind.
I was the only one to vote Ind., and was mad as heck when I found out that I did not have any choice who to vote for when everyone else did.
Of course she was concerned that I wanted to vote for Wallace (I'm in the NW), when I told her I wanted to be independent and who was this Wallace guy, I'm sure she had a chuckle. Hey, I was ten at the time.
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