Joy participated in her school's talent show this week. Most kids in the show sang or danced, but Joy chose to solve a Rubik's Cube in under three minutes (she let the talent show host mix it up).
Joy needed two assistants for her act: one to hold the iPad with a big stopwatch running, and another to hold my phone while it played Jeopardy music.
One of her assistants liked to dance to the music during practice sessions, which we agreed would be nice entertainment for the audience while Joy worked on her Rubik's Cube. As it turned out, the dancer was too nervous to twirl at the actual show. I can't blame her.
Each talent show participant got a cute little star trophy--you know, because they're all stars.
Speaking of trophies, Joy also received some awards this week for her achievements in the annual Math Olympiad, a worldwide competition for elementary and middle school students. Students who choose to participate are given challenging math problems throughout the school year. Joy earned a gold trophy for having the highest cumulative score in her school, a patch for scoring in the top 50 percent of students worldwide, and a pin for scoring in the top 2 percent of students worldwide. I think she got her math skills from her dad, who aced the math portion of the GRE.
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