Yet another example of morphic resonance

Apparently there is already a morphic template in the universe that will tend to conflate parenting, civics lessons, and inevitable reference to West Wing producer Aaron Sorkin.

To wit, I wrote this about four years ago:

"This will be a tough one to explain. I was a film major. "If you VOTE FOR somebody, you are saying you want them to win. Like when we decide who will be president. Usually a bunch of people have a contest, and everyone gets to vote for the person they like the best."

Or something like that.

What an overture for a simple, lucid, and inspirational encapsulation of the democratic process. Unfortunately, I am no Aaron Sorkin. As we pull into a parking spot near the school, I reach the conclusion of my fatherly civics lesson:

"If a man says, vote for me and I'll give you a million dollars, would you vote for him?""

Now this writer David Shenk recently got sucked into the same vortex in an article for Babble.com defending western parenting against criticisms opined in a popular new book by writer Amy Chua:

"We'll hit the pause button often to explain civics or history lessons unfolding before us. My eight-year-old knows what a filibuster is — thank you, Aaron Sorkin."

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