Common Place Is Slowly Changing

"You know that thing you talked about the other day?" a little voice came from the seat behind me.

Our class was off on a field trip and to kill the time on our ten minute ride, I grabbed a small devotional book titled The Family's Man (for husbands and fathers). I thought a devotional would be just the ticket for a short, peaceful bus ride with the kids. I was wrong.

Putting my book down I glanced back behind me, "What thing and what day?" I was hoping to narrow it down before providing any sort of relevant response.

"The one where you talked about electric cars and how someday they would have power stations in place of gas stations," she spoke as if she were preparing to make a point.

"Yep. I remember that," I said, hoping to return to my devotional.

"Well, my dad said that you didn't know what you were talking about. And my sister had this book that's titled "What Idiots Say", or something like that. It said that electric cars would never take over and that's just what people think."

"Hmmmpp. Well I suppose everyone has an opinion on the topic," I really wanted to say more but I knew I shouldn't. Stupid job security.

"But I'm not saying you're an idiot," she shot back, probably realizing that she had indeed called me an idiot. "I'm just saying what my dad said and that it said it in a book too."

"I think I'll go back to my reading now," I needed to desperately find a little peace. The only problem was I had now spent most of my time listening to a little girl explain to me that her dad disputes the use of electric cars in the future and finds me to be an idiot for even suggesting it to my students.