Post-Humorously - 18. Chapter 18

I have to thank God that I have good teachers what make me that I am today.

If many scientist would not take the chance, it was impossible to invent the Mars.

If Columbus would not have been sail, when can you find the new land?

Gambling is called gambling for a reason.

Badly injuring himself landing on shallow water.

What would have happened if the rocket had failed during the launch? Or if the moon had monsters on its surface?

Being a first grade teacher, I always think of things at a 6-year-old’s level.

Seeing things from high places is not the same as seeing them from the same level.

Basically, one does not follow the speed limits on the highway. It's a known thing.

Fetal accidents.

An effort to combat highway safety.

Cheeses are most useful for eating.

Abnormously.

Poopularity.

As a father, I help set parameters for my children's choices, choosing to give them pre-selected options with graduated risks. I have done this most explicitly in their swimming lessons. They both began afraid of the deeper water, concerned that they would literally sink and not swim. I did not enjoy watching them be thrown into the deep end by the instructor. I knew this terrified them because of the perceived risks, and I know it terrified me as their father to watch them struggle. However, without being allowed to swallow a few lungs-full of water, they would not have been able to begin to trust their bodies and their instructors. Their being thrown in the deep end, sink some, and then begin to recognize their own inherent ability to conquer the water was invaluable. It taught them that, sometimes, risks are a gateway to rewards. They now love swimming and were able to pass their swim test by age 4.

Let's say a scientist discovers that cancer is actually viral and virtually indestructible. But he also discovers that it’s originating in a small genetic population of people spread all over the world. If that population were removed, the virus would not be able to proliferate. The world would be cured of cancer. Further, he develops a toxin which kills only that population, without pain, and it can be manufactured cheaply and in great quantities. Would you make everyone take it?