2003-09-27 - 10:16 p.m.

Several months ago, my father was rushed to the hospital with a possible heart attack (don't worry, he's okay). While he was undergoing testing, the cardiologist asked him what he did for a living, and my dad told him that he is a high school math teacher. The cardiologist told him to tell his students that he (the cardiologist) uses trigonometry *every day*. My dad told him that they would probably say, "Yeah, but we don't want to be cardiologists."

So later on, the next time someone in class said, "When are we ever going to use this in real life?" my dad wrote something down on a piece of paper and put it in his pocket. Then he told the student about the cardiologist who uses trigonometry every day.

"Yeah, but I don't want to be a cardiologist," said the student. My dad reached into his pocket and pulled out the piece of paper on which he had written, "Yeah, but I don't want to be a cardiologist."

That's why my dad is awesome.