The lesson my dad didn't teach me in 3rd grade

[mangosteen]

Context: One of the things I remember as a child (definitely when I was 8 years old, possibly younger) is that my father would ask me to get a piece of scrap paper so that he could show me something. What would follow would be some ad-hoc lesson about algebra, electronic circuits, or possibly matrix math. I didn't always get it on the first try

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[zzbottom]

There are lessons that can be taught to learn, and lessons that must be experienced to learn. I don't know about you, but this falls under the latter heading for me.

[theloriest]

*hugs you*

This is one of the reasons I call my parents every day. And a reason I am so affectionate and like to tell my friends how much I love them.

[tigira]

It's why I call my mother as much as I do, too. When my father died, I didn't call him the day before because I was too tired. I was too tired because I was pregnant with F.

And the last time I saw him, he hugged me quickly and sent me into the airport because someone was smoking nearby, and between his COPD and my pregnancy and allergies, he didn't want me to hang around. Yet, even then, I knew it was the last time I'd see my daddy.

[perspicuity]

i think reading so much sici/fantasy early is what got me prepped with this thinking in mind.

everyone i know is going to die. i am going to die.

for any given group, all things you typically associate with people is going to likely happen to one degree or another. jobs. joblessness. dating. marriages. births. divorces. deaths. moving. accidents. sickness.

some of these are happy making. some are not.

fortunately zombies is not on the list.

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[ladymondegreen]

I know exactly what you mean.

I am currently combing recordings of an unarchived for the voice of someone who rarely sang, but talked a lot to all of us, and left us yesterday.

On the one hand, I grew up with death as a close companion, on the other hand, it would have been nice to really get it from a mathematical standpoint.

[awfief]

*hugs* this is somewhat chilling, but not untrue regardless. Thank you for writing it. It's very true, and sad that we're now in that place, cresting over the bell curve.