What are they teaching kids these days?<\/p>\n
A conversation from work:<\/p>\n
Boy, maybe nine years old, brings the Transformers<\/i> game to the counter to purchase.<\/p>\n
“Who’s your favorite Transformer?” I ask.<\/p>\n
His brow furrows in deep thought. “Optimus Prime,” he says at last.<\/p>\n
I nod. “I liked Optimus Prime a lot when I was your age, too.”<\/p>\n
“He’s not your favorite now?”<\/p>\n
“Rodimus Prime, I think.” I pause, take a breath. “He was born to lead the Autobots, didn’t want the responsibility, but everytime he tried to shirk his duties he discovered that he was just as good a leader as Optimus, if not better. I’d have preferred it if Optimus had stayed dead, if his sacrifice to save the Autobots from Megatron had meant something.”<\/p>\n
“Rodimus Prime?” the boy asks.<\/p>\n
“The Autobot leader after Optimus Prime’s death. He took on the Autobat Matrix of Leadership and defeated Galvatron and Unicron.”<\/p>\n
From the expression on his face, it was clear that I might as well have been speaking gibberish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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