I was playing Crazy Eights with Zoey when she asked me what one thousand and one thousand was.
"Two thousand," I replied.
"What's two thousand plus two thousand?"
"Four thousand."
"Wow! It's just like ten plus ten and twenty plus twenty."
"Right. Or one plus one and two plus two. That's why you're starting to learn math rules at school, to make it easier for you to add and subtract large numbers."
"Daddy, you're good with this stuff. You know what? You'd make a great..."
It was at this point I was getting ready to put on my Humble Hat, and tell her that teaching was a very difficult and honorable profession and one that I'd probably not be very good at.
"class helper."
Teacher, Teacher
