3rd Graders discuss the Presidential Debate

I was surprised how many students said that they watched the debate last night. Here were some interesting take-aways that they had:

"I think we should teach Donald Trump good sportsmanship"
"We should teach him some niceness"
"We probably can't vote for him, but when we are in the higher grades and 18 year old, we will be able to vote. But when we are older, we might remember him and see him again. If we teach him niceness, we might vote for him when we are older"
"If Donald Trump was here, I would teach him goodness, by teaching him times and division and stuff. If he is mean, I will put him in time out. If he is good, I will let him build like what he wants"
"He keeps interrupting people. People wont vote for him because he is Ornery"
"Donald Trump was sassy"
"Just because he has lots of kids and grandkids doesn't mean we have to vote for him"
"He was mad because Hillary spent a lot of money on ads that said dont vote for him, Vote for me"

"I liked Ted Cruz"
"My mom said Ted Cruz is too religious"

Other thoughts they had about being president: 

"If people dont have money to buy stuff, then I'd just let them have free stuff"
"If I was Donald Trump and one guy walked up to me and said I am broke and I have lots of kids, I would give him money so he could buy stuff and maybe people will vote for him."
"People don't like a president who is bossy"
"I would not want nuclear weapons to be out there. Because it might destroy everything"

Cute Discussion
"If Hillary is the president, she will be the first lady"
"I thought Michelle Obama was the First lady already"
(Followed by an explanation that the wife of the president is called a "First Lady" . When asked what Hillary Clinton's husband should be called: "First Man")

Deep stuff for 3rd Graders on a Tuesday Morning...