“What’s the problem?” I asked.
“Too much mail! You see, it is not just Yale. I am
getting lots of letters. Yesterday I got a letter from
a college named Penn State. Last week I got letters
from Wisconsin and Cornell. So this is the problem:
lots of colleges. They all write to say: ‘Pick us! Take a
math class with us!’ Which one should I pick?”
“Hans,” I said, “this is what we call a good problem
to have. If you think hard and stick with it, I just bet
you will get this problem, too!”