A delightful moment at Guitar Center today!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (206134)
Walnut Creek, California
March 14, 2024 9:09pm CST
After my lessons were done, I was bantering with my last student, an ADHD 16-year-old. He is a quick learner (what is it with these kids who are called "special needs"?) who really enjoys music.
I wished him happy Pi Day. (It's still 3/14 here). His mom was next to him. He asked me: what is Pi? I explained that Pi is 3.14, the number you use to generate the circumference of a circle if you know its diameter.
We bantered a bit more, and I finally said, Pi is not really just 3.14, it's 3.141592654.
At that point, one of our younger salesmen came over and said, "No, pi is...." He rattled it off for thirty digits.
Before he was done I said "Nerd! Nerd!" and moved toward him with my fist held high.
We fist bumped successfully (white boys sometimes mess up fist bumps) and everyone was laughing.
He went back to his station, my student and his mom left, both laughing, and I picked up my guitar and headed home.
Happy Pi Day!
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@TheHorse (206134)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar
@Tampa_girl7 I am going to climb back into my glacier so I can be confused about the date again in a few months.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49066)
• United States
15 Mar
I believe they actually have a Pie Day too. 
I need to look it up.
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@BearArtistLady (5388)
• United States
15 Mar
Gee, if it had been me I would have brought a "PIE" to class. And as for fist bumps, I go for the hugs right off. Of course you had to have a PIE because they come in a circular pan which would be figured with the PI of 3.141592654.... I would have gone for either a cherry pie or a chocolate cream pie.
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@TheHorse (206134)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Mar
I'm male, so I only hug people when they hug me first. Heh. Once, at the college, a women of about 20 hugged me when I told she was going to pass our Research Methods class (a hard class). We were having our "last day of class party." I said, "Oh God. I am SO fired!" (I didn't get fired.) Everyone around us laughed. I do a lot of fist bumps with the kids at Guitar Center.
@GardenGerty (157642)
• United States
15 Mar
Kids identified with learning disabities (LD) often just learn differently (LD) but they do learn. May I "politically correct" you? He is NOT an ADHD student, he is a student who has ADHD. Person centric labelling. Learned that in a training. Person first, label second. Music and math are said to be processed in the same part of the brain so this person who is learning music may also be a quick learner for math. Besides, Pi day is fun. I did not get to eat any.
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@GardenGerty (157642)
• United States
15 Mar
@TheHorse My "little" brother has a pumpkin pi shirt. I should likely make a pi.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16541)
• China
15 Mar
It is really something ! He can learn the pi of thirty digits by rote ! It is hard to recite such infinite non repeating decimals.
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@wolfgirl569 (95484)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Mar
Glad you had fun. He does know a lot of the digits for it
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@RasmaSandra (73603)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Mar
Glad you had a good day at the Guitar Center
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@RasmaSandra (73603)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Mar
@TheHorse sure do and never enjoyed this
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@TheHorse (206134)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Mar
@RasmaSandra Never enjoyed Pi? I always wondered how they "figured it out."
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@LindaOHio (156717)
• United States
15 Mar
I'm glad you had a good time. I hope you have an even better weekend.
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@TheHorse (206134)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Mar
@LindaOHio I have six students tomorrow morning. Then I can relax a bit.
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@JudyEv (326063)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Mar
What a heart-warming exchange! And good for that young salesman. 
