Post Fifteen: Fathers Day

[witchofthechalk]

Has anyone noticed if fathers day is going the same way as mothers day?

[Action for England also has a gift for him]

Happy Fathers Day

Comments

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Right. What did you get for it?

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

For what? They give us lots of them.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

For math, then.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Math. I think I got a B

[She does not like math]

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

I'll be giving you extra lessons, then.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Alright.

[Seems quite interested actually]

Do you know a lot about math?

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

I used to be interested in America's education, so I'm used to teaching a bit of it, at least.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Do you know why we have negatize numbers? It seems like a waste of time to me.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Those are important in the higher maths. It's just good to grasp the concept and recognize it.

And there's nothing wrong with a little negativity.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

But they don't exist. How can you have a negative amount of something?

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Well, you're quite looking at this the wrong way.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

How should I look at it then?

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

It's not why should we have negative numbers.

It's more like why not?

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

....I suppose.

Do they have a use?

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Of course they do.

Just wait a few years and you'll be quite thankful for them.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

....I suppose.

Unless you don't use them outside of school. Because I don't go to school at home so I suppose I'll need them.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, math is quite useful to learn all around. If America kept up his studies, I'm sure he would have been slightly more intelligent than a sponge by now.

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's good then.

We don't have science there though.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Really? Then what do you learn?

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

I've been learning about herbs, medicine, magic...witchcraft things.

And most people learn a trade or stick to farming. Most women get married and become mothers.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

It certainly sounds like my medieval times. Sometimes I still get a little agricultural revolution in my eyes, but not too often nowadays...

You're training to be a witch, then?

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

Agricultural revolution?

Yes, I've been apprenticed to two different witches so far. Three if you count Nanny Ogg.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

Well, that was a very long time ago.

Magic is quite a good thing to learn. You're still keeping up your practise, aren't you?

[the-wee-big-hag.livejournal.com]

...right.

Yes, as much as I can.

[is-an-island.livejournal.com]

But nothing too dangerous?