No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear. A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the puja bhajjo on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty, stay for the fire. Mojo in the morning show. Kev, I want to get into your topic. I was a little late with this. I know there's parents that are driving kids to school probably still, but Josiah's homework assignment. First off, Josiah's, you're at place right now or back with mom? He's at school right now. I'll pick him up today once he gets off though. Okay. What's the homework assignment? So he, Josiah has a book that the entire class has been reading. I think it's something with a girl named Malayla. And it is an autobiography of a young woman who I believe was from South Asia. And she grew up in a time where women didn't necessarily get education. Like they weren't going to school. It wasn't something that like was, I don't want to say legal at that time, but something like that. And she grew up and she fought for women's rights. She fought for girls to be in the classroom and it's an amazing story. Do you know all this stuff? Cause he's been telling you about it. Exactly. Yes. I'm not reading the book, but I'm engaged in what he's doing and want to understand it. And he wanted me to review his homework. So the homework assignment is these boxes, like seven or eight boxes where you have to discuss characteristics of Malayla and what defines her based on these characteristics. And Josiah is doing all of this stuff. I'm like, I get it. This is really cool. And then the other side of the homework, the teacher asks for Josiah, see that asks for Josiah to then list his characteristics and what makes him who he is. And his first thing is like, I'm a creative individual. He lists all these things. I'm an artist lists all these things. And at the bottom he says, and I'm a son. And then in his box, he's like, you know, I'm a son. And I was at the blessing of being birthed to a wonderful family. He was like, I have a home. I have food. I have water. Thank God I wasn't aborted. I'm reading this one. Why did he feel the need to write that? I was dying to write this. Oh God. Did he leave it in there? Yes. What am I going to tell him to take it out? This is his truth. Did they... But did you say why? Why did you include that part? Because he's thankful. He lists a bunch of impressive things. And I was like, I get it. Can I get it? Did he turn that in today then? Today. Oh gosh. You know what he needs to do then? He needs to wear the shirt that says, thank God my mom didn't swallow me. Oh my gosh. I'm going to get one for Smith. Is this school religious? Maybe it's just like a topic. What was the shirt? It wasn't a shirt. What was the thing that Smith wore to school once? It was the socks. One said little and the other said effort. The actual said the word. Do you think... What are the odds that the teacher dresses that or just leaves it? Just leave it. I think it's amazing. I think it's amazing. He's like, man, it's insane that I'm someone's kid, not including God. That's for another time. Oh my God. My parents had me. My mother went through all that pain just for me to exist. My son has received love, food, water, clothes, and a home. Not just a physical home, but welcoming me into the home of our family and for not aborting me. Absolutely how he ended it. He's aware. I got teary-eyed. But can I say something though? He's aware. And this is interesting. I think that that's awesome. Because I really do. First off, I do think that as a kid, you probably, and Josiah has always been way older than he is age wise, number wise. He's always, he's very smart kid. But I think that's such a wonderful thing that he's that gracious that he's got these great parents and he's got a great life. I could only imagine the things that teachers have to read or that teachers have to deal with because I... Kids write crazy things on assignments even if it goes beyond what the assignment is asking for. I can see that teacher's face when she reads it. 844-MOJO LIVE. 844-665-6548. What's up? Anna. Hey, what's up? It's me and my son Rex. This is his first time. Long time. What a cool name. Yeah. What's going on, Anna? Until your fifth? Hey, so he just wanted to let you know. Hey, baby, aren't you really, really glad about something? Yeah. Oh, Rex is a kid. Rex is a little kid. I didn't think that. What are you glad about, Rex? Glad that... You're glad that you're... Yeah, you can say it. Yes, you can say it. Say it, Rex. That's what he said before. I'm glad that I wasn't a boy. They'd be like... Oh my God. It is. You could be glad about that. Yeah, that is a wonderful thing. Me too, Rex. Me too. I thought that was... Today is his 11th birthday. Happy birthday, guys. If that happened, it would be a first time long time. Yeah. He was like, I'm so glad that that didn't happen, so I get to be 11. Wow, that's... You know what? That is something to be thankful for. Absolutely. And Rex, have a great day at school, buddy. Make your teacher blush. Go tell her, too. Why is it... We always have a great day at school. Why is it... We all get uncomfortable... I'm not gonna hear any old voice. But hearing a kid saying it. I mean, you reading Josiah's words, you know, didn't make me as uncomfortable as hearing Rex Friday way, so I didn't have to see that car. But you know what's funny with teachers, that teachers always deal with... I always feel the truth, because kids always speak the truth. Absolutely. You know what I mean? Like they say... From the mouths of babes, they say. And I know that there are kids that go to school, and they probably know way too much about what their parents are going through, or things that their, you know, moms are having to deal with, whatever. Or they're just way too honest on their papers. But can I tell you that... That's the beauty of teachers, is that you get to be the person that has to dissect that and then try to digest it. What's going on, Lexi? Here. I just want to thank Tav. You should be so proud of yourself that Josiah is so proud of how you guys... I'm just proud of how you raised him for him to be so self-aware and thankful for that. Because the only thing my kid had me question when he brought him to the final home was, it said like something like, what was the worst part of your week? And it literally said, waking up to come to school. And it was like, what's the best part of your week? And he said, tell me how I'm to play video games and go to sleep. And I'm like, what are you doing, Dallas? He was like, well, I don't want to hear all you guys. Yeah, because he has to. I'm like, I want to hear the girls yell at the worst part. I'm like, I'm so sorry about that. I feel your pain. Smith brought home a paper last week, and he was supposed to write a short story about his favorite time of day at school, like the favorite thing that he did at school. Write a story, draw a picture. Kev saw this. He literally just wrote the word dismissal. And that was it. That's funny. It was so embarrassed. Jackie, what's up? It's true. Hi. So I, this was a few years ago. My son is now 12. So right about the time that he was four, we were watching the Fox and the Hound, the good old 90s movie. He very randomly one day was like, mom, I'm so glad that you never left me in the woods. And I'll never leave you in the woods. That scene where the old woman left Todd, the Fox in the woods. He was so traumatized by it. But that was really cute. No, that is cute. It is really good. By the way, just tell all your kids, I'm not saying this is for Smith and Josiah and all those guys, that at the end of school, you know how all the kids get, we would get those certificates. Like it was basically they had like, it looked like a thing that you could frame and hang it up in school. And every kid got one, every kid got one in school for something. Mine was for good lunch room behavior. That was, that was mine. Every kid got honor society, perfect attendance, the physical fitness test. You couldn't misbehave. You were busy stuffing your face. That was pretty much my life, right? Monica has a funny one for us. Monica, what did your son do? Hi. He had to draw a picture of what I do every day. And I'm a hairdresser and apparently he thinks sweeping is all I do. So I was holding a pole and it looked like it was pretty much money. Money on the floor, but it was supposed to be here. So I looked like a stripper pretty much. And the teacher just put a question mark and saying, what do you do? I was so embarrassed. Oh my God. Male teacher or female? It was a female teacher. So I think that's why she was comfortable enough to ask me. And she knew I mean, you gotta do you gotta frame that. Like that has to be framed. Absolutely. We'll never forget. Never forget that one. And Cav, you need to frame that. Yeah, you're right. Kezi. Yes. What's going on? So my daughter in preschool, they had a questionnaire that said, what are you doing this summer? She said, I'm going to the semen pool. Instead of swimming pool. You're not wrong, kid. It's a public pool. Yeah, it is human soup. Oh, so good. Thank you for the calls. That was a great topic. I'm going to the semen pool. I'm going to the semen pool. I'm going to the semen pool. I'm going to the semen pool. I'm going to the semen pool. I'm going to the semen pool. I'm going to the semen pool. I'm going to the semen pool. I'm going to the semen pool. 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