strange happenings...

Conversation with a student who's half Iraqi/half Egyptian.

me: so what's the deal between the Muslims and the Jews in the Middle East?

student: they hate us, we hate them, halas (that's it).

me: ... ok ...

I'm finding it interesting how my boys see the world. They see things as black and white AND shades of gray. They have no problem with accepting me as an American, but they generally don't care for Americans that can't accept them as anything but 'normal' teenage boys. Which, I suppose they are. Or at least they are as normal as one can be in the Middle East with all the trappings of a Middle Eastern life.