Career Options

A recent discussion with my son, future Mensa member:

Me: "A, what do you think you want to do when you grow up?"

A: "I thought about cooking stuff, but now I don't think so."

Me: "So any other ideas then?"

A: "I don't want to be a doctor like Zaidie (my dad)."

Me: "Why not?"

A: "Beacuse then I would have to go to school for a hundred and nine million days. I think I'll just make chocolate bars with Daddy*, because then I have to go to school for only nine days. It's not such an important job, you know."


*L owns a company that manufactures nutritional bars and has recently written A out of his will.