When I was young...so many years ago....I was an avid Brooklyn Dodger fan. It was 1951, I was eleven years old. The Brooklyn Dodgers & the New York Giants were playing in the National League playoffs. Bobby Thompson, the New York Giant player was at bat in the ninth inning and “Bam” he connected and hit the home run heard round the world...right down the left field foul line. It just barely made the fly into the left field grandstand, a mere 150 feet distance....but, it was a legal home run!!! The New York Giants won the NL Playoffs!
I cried and complained to my Dad, saying it was not fair that such a weak fly ball was, in fact, a home run. My dad replied, “Son, a 150 foot or, 450 foot home run is still a home run!!! He was right!!! all the complaining was pure hogwash. The “Hill” blog site continues the Obama Jive , of being wrong...all the time!!! Congratulations, “Trump” Congressman Estes!!!
THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!!! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!!! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!!!!!
I remember it well, even though I was a “hated” NY Yankee fan. Poor Ralph Branca.
That was a good lesson in reasoning you Dad helped you to understand. One you never forgot.
We can learn from everywhere, not just in a schoolroom, or from a teacher.