It’s eerie – like he was channeling Bill Clinton from across the bay where the former president was signing books today.

Today Ethan graduated to the “big kids” tae kwon do class (ages 4 – 7) from the beginners class (ages 3 – 6). He was very nervous that he wouldn’t be able to keep up, especially when they run laps around the studio. (“If you get out of order during the run you have to start over!” he would tell me.)

He ran his laps just fine. Then the dozen or so children sat down to stretch. When this was over, Ethan raised his hand and went over to Master Kim, apparently to tell him that he didn’t know some of the kids in the class. I’m not sure what Master Kim said, but the next thing I know Ethan is walking up to each kid individually, shaking their hand and saying, “Hi, my name is Ethan. What’s yours?” With a few of the kids he actually struck up conversations! This lasted for at least 2 minutes as he went up to each child. Amazingly, all the children stood silent and watched him make his rounds. Some of them even responded with more than a blank stare and told him their names.

The few parents in the waiting area and I were cracking up, as was Master Kim. “Is he running for office?!!” I demanded.

As a matter of fact, when you ask Ethan what he wants to be when he grows up he always says: President.