JT:  If I finish page one of homework in less than 15 minutes, than I have to complete page two.
Mama:  Okay.
JT:  I don't want to do page two.
Mama:  Well, how long will it take you to finish page one?  
JT:  It won't take long.  And then I'll have to do page two.
Mama:  Sounds like you'll be doing page two.
JT:  Well, we could just tell Mrs. Carcich that it took me more than 15 minutes to finish page one.
Mama:  That would be telling a lie.  How do you think Mrs. Carcich would feel if we lied to her?
JT:  Well, I'm not going to tell her that I lied.  So she'll never know.
Let the record reflect the fact that he was ready for a career on Wall Street or being a lawyer at a very early age.
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