How do our young learn to count? Do they learn in kindergarten in front of a caring teacher and a colorful piece of cardboard? Do they grasp the fundamentals of our numeral system by watching road signs as their parents drive them around? Or is it by flipping channels on a TV set?
I learned to count to ten by consuming print, radio and television advertisements. That’s right; a difficult number would appear in front of me and I would try to grasp its meaning. If I was really stumped, I would ask the closest adult: “Daddy? What does the ‘two’ in ‘Halo 2’ stand for?” I must have been such a cute child. Here is how my parents first heard me count to ten:
Coca-Cola Zero Soda
Pepsi One Soda
ESPN 2
Fourthmeal at Taco
Take Five (XM)
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
7Up Soda
Super 8 Hotel
Cloud 9 Productions
Hang Ten Clothing Company
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