Monday 14 December 2009


I was having a discussion with an elderly friend of mine when she began talking about her now grown grandson. She told me that when he was about five years old he excitedly approached his grandmother with a grand observation.

"Granny," he said, " do you know that half of eight is three?"

His grandmother - my friend - laughed, "you're too bright for me, yes!" as she continued what she was doing.

"Wait granny," he persisted, "you have paper?" She good-naturely obliged.

Her little grandson promptly wrote the number '8' on the paper and drew a line down the middle. "You see granny...the number 3!"

So the next time a child comes forward with strange observations or seemingly inaccurate comments, rather than dismiss the young one why not dig deeper and find out the reasoning behind the view? You may realize that you actually have a bright spark on your hands!

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