On Being Stuck

We talked about transforming functions for a while this evening, that is until he noticed a pause in my speaking and summarized it all by saying, Ok, well that's that. And he walked off.

And he told me a few days ago when I told him that we need to talk math and physics regularly this year, that he'd like to have me teach him the way to remember sine and cosine so that he'll never forget which is which.

So when he walked into the study a few minutes ago and stood there looking at me, I figured maybe he thought now was the time.

What? I asked.

I'm stuck, he said.

And I took my hands off the keyboard, pushed back from the desk and started to stand up.

Math? I asked.

No, he said. I'm just stuck, and he showed me how his pajamas were snagged on his desk chair.

Oh well.

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