These kids today… are awesome! Sixth grader Gideon Titus-Glover asked West Virginia Governor Jim Justice a doozy of a question at a town hall meeting:
When his turn on the microphone came, Gideon questioned Justice's decision to increase the state's tourism budget compared to education spending. The governor owns a luxury resort in the state, Gideon said.
"I just kind of thought that was wrong," Gideon told CNN.
At first, the governor said he was wasting his time but then, Justice tried to explain about returns on investments.
Turning one dollar into eight is a good investment, the governor said.
"Wouldn't it be an investment to invest in smart teachers that would make me smart and then I can in turn, turn around and do smart, good things for our state?" the student replied.
At first, the governor was speechless.
"To be perfectly honest, in a lot of ways I was looking at this, maybe, not correctly," the governor added.
Gideon wasn’t overly impressed with his state’s governor:
“I thought he was kind of rude to the people there. He called us rednecks, he told us to get smart, things like that,” he said. “I know I didn’t appreciate those things at all, but now, it all makes me feel pretty good to know that I was part of change.”
This kid’s smart and savvy enough to become governor someday (though he wants to be an Air Force pilot) 😊