Today, as the UCLA Bruins gear up to battle the Florida Gators for the NCAA Men’s Basketball championship title, my morning local radio talk show puts on a 7-year-old boy whose mom called the station to let him sing the UCLA fight song live on the air.
Sing the UCLA fight song? He knows all the words?
His name is Ross and after a brief interview with this boy who sounds adorable, he sings, “Dah dah dah, duh-duh-duh DAH! Dah dah duh, duh-dah! U! C! L! A! Fight, fight! Dah dah dah, duh-dah!” It was way off key, missing some notes, but it was so cute!
The talk show people asked, “Where did you learn that song? Who taught you?”
Ross replied, “I hate USC.”
My jaw dropped.
“Wow, hate. Kind of a strong feeling for a 7-year-old,” one of the radio personalities commented to the other personalities. “But Ross, how do you know the UCLA fight song?”
“Oh, I see it on TV with my dad.”
“Did your dad go to UCLA?”
“Yeah. And those people who are all foo-foo? They suck.”
My jaw dropped again. The radio talk show people said, “I’m more concerned that a 7-year-old knows the work ‘suck.'”
Parents, your kids ARE listening when you talk.