Friday, July 20, 2007

Rising Third Graders Tackle Philosophy

I swear to God, I did not set this up. I was reading a room away from Caleb and his best friend yesterday when I overheard this. (It was following a discussion about a classmate whom Caleb's best friend claimed was 96% perfect.)

Best Friend: If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, then why practice?
Caleb [in cranky old man voice]: What?
Best Friend: I said, if practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, then why practice?
Caleb: Practice also makes better.
[Silence for a moment.]
Best Friend: Let's ask the Magic Eight Ball if [name redacted] picks his nose.
Caleb: Okay!

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