Most of what my 11-year-old sister and I know? We picked it up just by being curious.

Elyza came into my room and casually said she taught herself to crochet without a hook. My brain short-circuited for a sec. Like, girl, how?! I had no idea how to even do one.🤭 While that crochet magic was happening, I taught myself how to solve a power tower over black coffee.  

My brain being my brain, of course it asked: as n → ∞, which monster wins—2^(2^(2^n)) or 100^(100^n)?

Kinda beautiful, isn’t it? 

P.S. I’ll tell her 2^(2^(2^n)) is a secret grown-up math puzzle that even adults don’t know… but I’ll turn exponentials into storytime while we snack on ice cream.

Caught myself smiling through this one. : )