My Little Math-a-magician
Jun. 29th, 2013 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouseMason's homeroom class at Crossroads had, as part of Grandparents and Special Friends' Day, a talent show. There was a lot of singing, some dancing, a comedy act, a magic show, and an origami demonstration. Mason decided to be a "math-a-magician" and tell a few brain teasers, trick questions, and end with an honest-to-goodness math trick.
He's wearing my tuxedo tails and a top hat we made:
He had index cards to prompt him, but they only had one word on them. He memorized all the stories and the math magic. I have to say, even if he weren't my boy, I'd have been darned impressed.
Afterwards, Shawn and I talked about how grateful we are that Crossroads is the kind of place where Mason is considered "cool" for wanting to put on a show of brain teasers. In my day (back in the Late Jurassic), I would have gotten the wedgy treatment for being as "adorkable" as Mason is. I'm just so happy that Mason (so far!) hasn't faced much of that, in fact, like I said his class seems really proud to count him in their numbers.
He's wearing my tuxedo tails and a top hat we made:
He had index cards to prompt him, but they only had one word on them. He memorized all the stories and the math magic. I have to say, even if he weren't my boy, I'd have been darned impressed.
Afterwards, Shawn and I talked about how grateful we are that Crossroads is the kind of place where Mason is considered "cool" for wanting to put on a show of brain teasers. In my day (back in the Late Jurassic), I would have gotten the wedgy treatment for being as "adorkable" as Mason is. I'm just so happy that Mason (so far!) hasn't faced much of that, in fact, like I said his class seems really proud to count him in their numbers.