i had forgotten just how impressionable kids can be, especially when they really want to be. i "argued" with my buddy's oldest (a 5th grader) about "1 + 1 = 10". after a few rounds of nuh-uh, yes-huh, i gave a very rough explanation and ending with "in binary". until a few days later, buddy asks me to not be so cavalier with the challenging of the maths. apparently, his daughter had challenged her teacher with 1+1=10, and after a brief back and forth, she stipulated "in binary" to her teacher. the teacher being very young and not familiar with binary, sent the poor kid to the principal's office.
i had forgotten just how impressionable kids can be, especially when they really want to be. i "argued" with my buddy's oldest (a 5th grader) about "1 + 1 = 10". after a few rounds of nuh-uh, yes-huh, i gave a very rough explanation and ending with "in binary". until a few days later, buddy asks me to not be so cavalier with the challenging of the maths. apparently, his daughter had challenged her teacher with 1+1=10, and after a brief back and forth, she stipulated "in binary" to her teacher. the teacher being very young and not familiar with binary, sent the poor kid to the principal's office.