Mark Twain Quote:
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly
stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was
astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
- attributed by Reader's Digest, Sept. 1937

What does he mean?
 

Writing Warm Up
 

Sentence Scrambling (Yes, they count for your 600 words.)