Seem like today our Mr. X learnt something new in school. Something he didn't understand. And the lesson didn't come from teacher.
When I fetched him from school, he casually mentioned that word, and with the wrong intonation. I was shocked to hear that. Trying to mask my surprise, I jokingly asked him what he meant. You should look at his face. He looked so innocent and shrugged his shoulder, saying he didn't know.
Apparently he first heard that obscene word in school. After much probing, he revealed that the word was mentioned by a classmate when they were playing football during Physical Education class.
This shocked mom immediately proceeded to explain the true meaning of that word to her innocent son. When X heard the meaning, he was amazed how his friend can just mentioned the word so casually, as if it is part of his daily vocabulary!
I told him that it is not civilized to mention that word and it is really, really obscene and disrespectful. His father asked me to tell him that it is indeed low-class to mention that word. Also, a word of warning that he will encounter lots of uncivilized words throughout his life, dealing with different type of people. It is up to him to decide whether to include any ugly words in his vocabulary. He needs to make the right choice.
Hope this mom's nag will go into his head and follow him through his life's journey!
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