An estimate

"How many classes have you had?"

I'm about to turn in my test application to Master Hughes and he points out a line I've left blank.

"How many classes? Since the last test?" I figure a bit--8 weeks, about 2 classes a week.

I write down 16.

"Sixteen? You've only had 16 classes?" Master Hughes hands the sheet back to me.

"He means since you started Tae Kwon Do," Ms. Pryor explains.

"Since I started?! I have no idea how many classes since I've started!" I say.

But I figure it out. 8 weeks between tests, about 2 classes a week, give or take. This will be my . . . 9th test.

144 classes. Approximately.