“The Authority”

I am so lucky, I have a fourth grader on my bus that is an authority, not on some things, but on ALL things. There is not a video game that he does not own and has not beaten. He is a master of the off road, pointing to a place at the side of the road and explaining to the other students that it is where he crashed his four wheeler, rolling it five times tearing the tires off but was able to ride home. He pointed to a Husky in some ones yard and told everyone it was an American White Rabbit Dog. He has a whole story of tracking down a deer and killing it with his pellet gun. Today he demonstrated his knowledge of reptiles. The Authority said, “Mr. Brandon you know those snake that have……..” I interrupted with, “Those big long strips down their back?” Authority, “That’s the snake, well they hide in tall grass waiting for people and are very poisonous and they’re Pilipino.” A walking book of knowledge.