7 yr. old: are you better than everyone at the piano?
piano teacher: no.
7 yr. old: are you better than all your students?
piano teacher: why do you ask?
7 yr. old: just tell me, are you better than all of your students?
piano: in a way yes, in a way no.
7 yr. old: but who’s your best student?
piano teacher: i have a few.
7 yr. old: but who’s the best?
piano teacher: are you asking me if you are the best?
7 yr. old: am i?
piano teacher: you’re pretty good.
7 yr old: but who’s the best?
piano teacher: there’s more than one.
7 yr. old: but who’s your best?
piano teacher: i said there’s more than one.
7 yr. old: but, like i mean, out of the 7 and 8 yr olds, who is the best?
piano teacher: there’s more than one.
7 yr. old: can they do the note finding with their eyes closed?
piano teacher: you’re the best at that.
7 yr old: who’s the oldest student?
piano teacher: a guy in his fifties.
7 yr. old: can he play Mary Had A Little Lamb with both hands.
piano teacher: yep.
7 yr. old: can he do it with his eyes closed?
piano teacher: yep.
7 yr. old: i think i’m gonna be better than you when i’m nineteen.
piano teacher: when you’re twenty can you teach me?
7 yr. old: if you’re not dead, yeah i will.
piano teacher: ok, if i’m not dead then, in thirteen years from now, who’s your best student in the future?
7 yr. old: i don’t know.
piano teacher: c’mon who is your best piano student when you’re twenty?
7 yr. old: i told you i don’t know, how could i know?