On Thursday my grandson returned home from school with big news. His teacher had been away and his class had had a substitute teacher.

Being in grade one this was the first time his teacher had been absent and his first experience with substitute teachers.

My daughter asked him what the teacher had been like. Tim told her she had been nice and had showed them a movie.

My daughter asked about the movie.

"It was a really good movie. This guy had a gun. And these guys were shooting..."



Alarmed my daughter asked what the movie was called, but Tim couldn't remember. It sure didn't sound like an appropriate movie for grade one. So my daughter told him to ask the teacher the next day and if he couldn't remember the title to have the teacher write it down.

When he returned from school on Friday she asked what the movie had been called.

"Peter and the Wolf." he told her. "Why are you laughing mommy?"

Selective attention is a powerful thing.