That is what my son wrote for an assignment this morning, according to the email I received from his teacher.

The assignment asked out of the three myths the students read that week, which was their favorite. She sent me his responses which were obviously not appropriate.

I'm finding the older my 12 year old gets, the more he seems completely surprised when his "honesty" offends others. Before I sit him down AGAIN and let him know that his responses were not only inappropriate but hurtful, I'm wondering what some of you have done to help your kids learn to filter. My older two did not have this issue, so I'm at a loss as to what else to try.

According to his teacher, this was his response: "My favorite story was "X" because it was the shortest. I hate reading stories I had read before. The storie was one I heard before. All the other stories sucked".