My dads girlfriend brought her 8 year old son over tonight. He was adding numbers out loud, so I thought I would teach him how to say engine. I typed "Engine" into word pad and asked him if he knew what it said. Of course, he never heard or saw the word before, so i slowly helped him pronounce it. After some time, he got it. "ok" i thought to myself, "this word is useless to him unless he can see what an engine is." Theres no way im goin out in the bitter cold, so I took the Cobra from under the display case, popped the bonnet up and pointed to the 427 in it. I said "that is an engine." He shook his head up and down in acknowledgement, (spelling?) taking in the new knowledge. Of course, one thing lead to another and I taught him another word. "Cobra," he said it correctly on the first try! I feel that I have taken a young gearhead under my wing, and I will continue to teach him parts of a car. Maybe the next word will be "427 Sideoiler." Too soon?
