Student: "Mister, if you could pick anything you wanted knowing you would be successful in five years what would it be?"
Me (suspicious that this sounded like a college entrance essay prompt): "I'm not sure. What would you do?"
Student: "Well, I don't quite know how I could phrase what I want in a good way."
Me (anticipating a meaningful teaching moment): "Maybe I could help. Just give me the rough version so I can help you clean it up a bit. So what do you want to do if you could be successful at it in five years?"
Student: "What's a nice way to say, 'I want to rule the world.'?"
(2/24/17)
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