Our most interesting quarantine day so far. Two kids doing their thesis and everyone in the family having something to say.
With 5 kids sharing their knowledge in mathematics and computer science, what me have were not debates but more like a chalk talk. My wife, a B.S. Math graduate, like a true mother hen trying to protect her chicks, wields the brightest wand. My engineering background and experience, as well as fondness for history and trivia, provided the analogy.
Despite the fun and some corny jokes every now and then, what I see from them is the future. If ever we're able to weather this storm, I see a bright future for them all. Its nice to see your kids learning from your mistakes - listening to what each one is saying, giving a piece of their mind without trying to outshine each other. Theirs are questions that poses queries that seek rectification rather than contending opinions. They seek to turn ambiguous topics into something than ordinary people could understand.
Here's one deal I made a good bet on - its not always all fun at the top ! Fulfilling one's curiosity is more fun than winning all the chips on the table. Work is one thing you earn a living from, not a life that takes you away from the real living that you be having. Knowledge is something that you already know that had to be passed on to be useful for if holding to it to be of advantage against imagined opponents, you could never add to it and earn its dividends.
Half my life I've been trying to get into the limelight yet I failed rather miserably in the career I chose. The bookstore provided me with a haven of sort, the home a refuge, but I never thought that I would children who would bring out the best in me. Their innocent questions when they were young led me seek answers for their inquisitiveness, and their faults mirrored my lapses that I need to atone for.
My Dad was right after all - happiness is when you see your kids towing the line you never did.
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