Monday, September 17, 2012

The daily miracle of being alive

On most school days, by the time the children have waken up, Daddy has already gone off to work.

One day, Daddy was working from home.  He was at his computer while the children were having breakfast, unaware that Daddy was home.

Sammy: (suddenly noticing Daddy was home) Daddy!  I didn’t know you were alive!

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To Infinity and beyond Grade 4

Domu thinks a lot about maths.  Recently, he had been thinking about whether zero multiplied by infinity is 0 or infinity.

While having lunch with the family:

Domu: Daddy, I think I know if zero times infinity is 0 or infinity.

Daddy: How?

Domu: Zero divided by zero is infinity because you can put an infinite number of zeros in zero.  So 0 / 0 = infinity.  If you multiply both sides by 0, you get 0 = infinity * 0, so infinity * 0 = 0.

Pia: (baffled at what the heck Domu is talking about) Daddy, will I be talking like that when I’m in grade 6?

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