Re: Kids and Uncle Karl

[Drewk]

Imagine, a 4-year-old who could invert an A matrix. 

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Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 3:44 PM
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The globe spinning and pointing out Iraq didn't really register, nor
talk of oil reserves, nor power and influence... But oppression did. (I
didn't use that word, but she grasped it.)

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Years ago I was stuck in traffic due to roadwork with my daughter, then aged about 4 (now 13), and to pass the time, and to explain that roads are made and not grown, I asked her, "Hannah, what are those workers doing?" I expected an answer like, Digging, or Dumping gunk in the street, or Making a road, or some such. ? Without missing a beat, and with no prompting whatsoever, she said, "They're being exploited." After I got my breath back, I gasped, "Yes, they are producing surplus value, but what, physically, are they doing with their hands?" She looked at me with scorn and pity. "Digging the road, Daddy." (Anyone could see that!) jks

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