BD came home from school today and challenged me to a math problem. 400,000 times 500,000. I quickly wrote down 200 billion. She was flabbergasted.
“How did you do that?”
“I just counted the zeros. Remember, I already finished fourth grade.”
“But my teacher said you wouldn’t know that!”
Perhaps today’s education majors should take some history courses and find [...]
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Mr. B.
The guy who's put up with me for over 25 yearsHS (our Handsome Son)
Our son: teacher, writer, runner, musicianBD (our Beautiful Daughter)
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