K and I were walking in town and she asked, "Will I ever be as tall as you?"
JACKPOT!
I let her know that unfortunately, my height is on the decline :) and asked, "If you keep getting taller and I keep getting shorter, will we have to eventually be the same height?"
I was hoping to get into a conversation about systems, slopes, and ways to solve equations with variables on both sides. Instead, I got schooled on assumptions...
K: "No we won't have to be the same height"
Me: "How can that be possible? Won't we eventually have to be the same height if you get taller all of the time and I get shorter?"
K: "What if I get 1 inch taller next year, then a half inch taller, then a quarter inch taller, then one one hundredth of inch and one one millionth of an inch?"
I was so caught up in my thoughts of linear systems, I got crushed by an 8 year old on thinking outside the box. I'm so glad that I listened to what she said!
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