My oldest daughter is in the IB program for gifted children. In the middle of her junior year, the whole family attended her "pinning ceremony" where she was officially inducted into the IB (International Baccalaureate)program.
The Keynote speaker was the valedictorian of the first school year... 1999. She was a young woman that still looked like one of the students even though she was now married with a child. The Principal started his introduction with a Lego story.
He said, "The first time I met Jessica, she was playing with children's building blocks. Legos to be exact. She was in the 7th grade at (a private school) and I watched her play with those Legos for the next five years. She built a robot that could read with those Legos. She now has her degrees in robotics and language and is the head of the Lockheed Long Bow Apache attack helicopter long range fire control system."
I immediately thought of the videos of terrorist being splattered by the Apaches that I have seen all over the internet. When I got to shake her hand in the greeting line, I said, "I've seen your work on the internet... nice job!" and her reply was, "Awesome, huh?".
So, Legos are bad for commies and bad for terrorist, but they have a special place in my heart now!
That’s a great story! Thanks.
One of my nephews flew an Apache Longbow D in Afghanistan. My brother (his Dad) was SO jealous!!
Great story. I have a friend who flies the Apaches - she’s a tough chick and probably almost as brilliant (actually changing to Warrant Officer so she can fly them for the rest of her career). ;)