I was in the 1st grade and it was Oct. 12th. We were learning ALL about Columbus and how he discovered America.
In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety Two
Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue.
I got a stern look from my teacher that day because I asked what I thought to be a rather obvious question.
“How did Columbus discover a place that already had people on it?”
It was my 1st grade teacher who told us about how, when Columbus set foot on America, he was met by the Indians and, that’s what led to my question. I thought, like a 1st grade fool, that perhaps it was the Indians who discovered America.
What was I thinking?
