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>flatmate baby-sits her friend's son while she's at work
>end up seeing this kid around the house sometimes as a result
>be making dinner last night
>kid is sitting at the kitchen table doing homework
>asks me for some help
>kinda bored watching my food cook so agree to help him
>kid is doing maths homework, focusing on arithmetics
>he tells me he has a test in a couple of weeks
>happy to help him if it means he'll pass his test
>he can do addition, subtraction and multiplication pretty easily
>struggles with division though
>"8 divided by 2"
>kid correctly guesses 4
>"10 divided by 5"
>kid has to think a bit but gets right answer on his own
>almost seems he doesn't even need my help
>get to "16 divided by 4"
>kid seems stumped all of a sudden
>don't wanna give him the answer but can see he is finding the question difficult
>point to previous question, which was "12 divided by 4"
>kid pretty easily got the right answer, 3
>remind him that 16 is just 12 with an extra lot of 4 at the end
>also remind him that each of the 1's in that amount of 3 correspond to a group of 4 on the other side of the equation
>so there are 3 groups of 4, which make 12
>ask him what you get if you have 4 groups of 4
>kid takes the hint, correctly guessing 4 for that other question
>praise him for figuring out the answer
>"wow, buddy! You don't even need another fortnight to prepare for this test"
>kid instantly gets confused
>"you're so silly anon. what does playing fortnite have to do with maths?"
Fucking kids these days man
