Albert Einstein once taught a class and did the multiplication table by nine. When he got to nine times 10, he answered 91. The class roared with laughter.
He waited for them to stop. He then made them aware how they only had a reaction when he made a mistake. No one praised him for getting the first nine he had gotten correct.
Good for some retrospective view on life.
Still here.
Joe Karpinski
Amagansett
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