Geek at the cool table, cool at the geek table. (aspiring2live) wrote,
Geek at the cool table, cool at the geek table.
aspiring2live
  • Mood: contemplative

Sometimes his brightness scares me

The night before last, I was in Evan's room, and I saw this list of small, handcut and written notes taped and hanging from the side of his computer monitor. I asked him what it was and he said, matter of factly, "Timeline." I only saw it in detail this morning.

So, on the way to school, I asked him for some more details.

Me: Can you remember all those periods you have on your computer about when the dinosaurs lived?
Ev: You mean the three periods that dinosaurs lived in?
Me: Uh, yeah.
Ev: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.
Me: Oh. Well can you remember all those others?
Ev: Ummmm, Quaternary, Tertiary, Cretaceuos, Jurassic... did I say Tertiary?
Me: I think you did.
Ev: Triassic, Permian, Devonian, and... I think there's only one left - Carboniferous!
Me: Wow. That's impressive.
Ev: Quietly continues reading on way to school.

It is a humbling experience to be made proud of your nine year old son and also shamed by him in a single conversation.
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