Thinking At One Mile An Hour

(My best friend, Classmate #1, and I are all in track. Classmate #1 is in my P.E. class and he is an eighth grader, whereas my best friend and I are seventh graders in the advanced program. Our coach is explaining something to a few of us and the rest of us are just standing around. This happens after we’ve been standing around for a good 10 minutes.)

Classmate #1: “I just realized something.”

Classmate #2: *also an eighth-grade boy in my P.E. class* “What?”

Classmate #1: “If a car is going one mile per hour, does it mean it’s going one mile in an hour?”

Classmate #2: “Yeah, I think so.”

Classmate #1: “Well then, I run faster than a car.”

Me: *to best friend* “See, this is the intelligence level in my P.E. class.”