"The Penal Colony", by Franz Kafka. Hey, Nathan, Patty a doctor yet? Mock, if you will....

Patty: [reading a book] "The Penal Colony", by Franz Kafka. Gil: Hey, Nathan, Patty a doctor yet? Nathan: Mock, if you will. Gil: All right. Nathan: Our children are more capable of retaining and absorbing information than we are and yet we insist on treating them like adorable little morons. Gil: What are you saying, Patty can learn things I can't learn? Nathan: [lays out four cards with lots of red dots stuck on them] Patty, which one of these is the square root of 8,649? Patty: [looks at the cards for a few seconds then points at one] 93. [Nathan picks up the card, checks the answer on the back then shows it to Gil. Patty is correct. Gil pulls an expression of disbelief and thumps his head with his palm] Nathan: They're like sponges, Gil, just waiting to absorb. Justin: [picks up one of the cards] I want this. Nathan: You see? Take my advice, forget about Kevin and Taylor, it's too late. Work on Justin. Gil: Actually, Justin is quite bright. In his preschool class, he was the only... [Justin picks one of the red dot stickers off the card and puts it in his mouth] Gil: Slow down, Justin. I'll get you some dip.