I was working with this girl I tutor on her explorer project. I was checking the work she had done before I got there and saw:
Henry Hudson
Born: 1986
When I told her that can't be right. We had this interaction:
Me: I love the project, but I think you are off on his birthday. Let's take out your research notes and check the year of his birth.
Girl: No, I know I'm right. 1986 was a long time ago. It's olden times.
Me: Hmm, how do you know it is olden times?
Girl: Any year that starts with 19 is old.
We ended doing a little math before she agreed to go back to her notes and book to check her information. I guess to a girl born in 2000, any year that starts with a 19 is "olden times."
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