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Tokyo, 2010.06.23

I have verified yesterday's results with two further test. Kenny can "read" his name.

Once again at the day care I dumped all of the name-tagged cinch cords onto the counter and asked him to choose his. Smiling the same little smile as yesterday, he once again chose correctly. Then for a change Zi asked him to choose his area in a box that they've divided with string. Each section is for holding the child's clothes for the day and has a label that's black text on a white sticker rather than a plastic tag with the name engraved. But there was no fooling him, he got it right again.

rand()m quote

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.

—Indira Gandhi