The Littlest Hitler

My blogger account doesn't let me make paragraphs so I'm numbering. 1) My initial reaction to "The Littlest Hitler" by Ryan Boudinot was me being shocked by the way this child went to school on Halloween. At first I thought it was very offensive but I realized that it was a different time and place, and they were pretty white trash. Little Davy went to school on Halloween in 4th grade dressed as Hitler. He was supported by his dad who thought it was a great costume. His dad clearly had some parenting issues (after all, he was teaching his son to roll joints at the age of 9). Reading this, I was also wondering where the hell he grew up because his dad is socially accepted and Davy doesn't even get kicked out of school for his costume, because there's only one Jewish family in town. If a kid at Parker showed up on Halloween dressed as Hitler he'd be sent home, it would be talked about in advisories, and Mr Rosenbluth would send a note to all of the parents which usually just brings more attention to the incident. 2)Once I had gotten used to the fact that Davy was dressed as Hitler and the teacher accepted it, I found the story hysterical. My favorite part was when Davy realized that Lisette, one of the smart girls, was dressed as Anne Frank. This obviously caused some controversy in the fourth grade classroom. By recess Davy knew he needed to have an outfit change, and for the Halloween parade he grabbed a gray wig and said he was a piece of lint. That night at the Harvest Carnival, Davy came as Frankenstein because his dad felt bad for all the tormenting he experienced at school that day. I was mildly thrown off by Cyndy Dartmouth, the slutty seventh grader dressed as a hooker. I guess you could say Davy's adventure through the haunted tunnel with her made up for his awful day. Davy recognizes the fact that he never should have dressed as Hitler and probably felt very stupid. 3) I've definitely had experiences in my childhood where I did something prematurely or inappropriate without knowing. When I was about 10 I participated in the Ice Show at the Saddle and Cycle where the theme was "Born in the USA" Each skater had to choose a song about the USA, a landmark, city, or state. I always had a hard time choosing a song for the ice show, and this was the worst one yet. At the time I was a Rihanna fan (I'm not sure why) and I requested to skate to "California King Bed" a provocative song about Rihanna and her California King. It was awkward when my coach had to explain to me why that was not acceptable. I ended up skating to "All American Girl" by Carrie Underwood. Ugh.