Saturday, July 19, 2014

Fact Off-SJ vs. Wilderness Explorer Guide

Around Animal Kingdom, there are wilderness explorer guides that help teach kids about the great outdoors. You listen, you get a sticker. My kids could have cared less for the stickers. When visiting the conservation station area...this ranger met her match. She walked over to what seemed like a normal 3 year
old, and engaged him in conversation. Asking him, "what do you think is over there?".
(It was a plastic frog on a birdbath.)
He replied, "It's a tree frog. It's poisonous, which means it will kill you if you touch it. I saw three yellow ones in that place. It was also a character in Rio2."
She looked surprised at his very clear answer. So, she asked more.
SJ kept firing answers and skepticism at her. It was friendly. Yet, he never conceded on anything.
She tried to explain how to remove a spider from the house using a cup and paper. He said, "If it's in the house we SQUASH it, BUT if he were to remove one it would be with two cups.", not her method.
He didn't call her an idiot or tell her she was wrong...whew...but his face said it.
It went on and on...they debated yard critters and more for fifteen minutes.
Thankfully, Sophia said, "Can we go now?!" It was an easy gotta go after that!
That was a lesson on agreeing to disagree and walk away!

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