Wednesday, December 10, 2008 | |

My 5 year old, the future urban scholar


At dinner earlier this week, I had the following conversation with Micah:

M: "Daddy, what are you studying in Geography?"
J: "Oh, lots of stuff. I have to write a paper next week."
M: "And how about your research on cities?"
J (surprised he remembers): "Yeah, I'm still reading about those."
M: "And daddy, have you studied City Legos yet?" (Note: City is one of lego's current theme sets)
J: "Not yet--what do you think I could study?"
M: "Maybe cars and trucks and stuff."
J: "You mean like transportation? Yes--lots of people study that. What else?"
(pause)
M: "Maybe the people?"
J: "Like the different jobs people have?"
M: "Yeah."
J: "That sounds like a good idea."

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