Conversation with Doodle

Doodle's teacher told him about how Philadelphia was the capital of the U.S. before Washington, DC so on the way home from the bus I continued the lesson by telling him that when George Washington was president Philadelphia was the capital.  He lived here and Congress met here.  Then Doodle asked me if there have been any girl presidents.  I said, No!  Can you believe that?  There has never been a woman president.  He was genuinely surprised and said, There have been 44 presidents and none of them were girls?!?  That's right, I replied.  But, a woman ran for president the last time around, Hillary Clinton, but she didn't get the nomination because she didn't get enough votes, and Barack Obama became our president.  I asked if he knew what being African American meant and he said it's people who are from Africa and took a boat to the United States.  I clarified and amended his definition and then went on to tell him that President Obama is the first African American president of the U.S.  Doodle replied, "So, if we had a girl or an African American, either way it's pretty cool, because they both would have been first." 

So proud of my bud.