Kyle Schneider » priceless http://blog.aragirn.net Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:27:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Things kids say… http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/11/07/things-kids-say-2/ http://blog.aragirn.net/2008/11/07/things-kids-say-2/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:24:38 +0000 Kyle http://blog.aragirn.net/?p=401 Continue reading →]]> Last week the school’s itinerant counselor was in and gave a lesson in problem solving and decision making to one of my classes. The basic scenario was: you’re stranded in the desert and have access to a limited number of supplies that you can recover from your wrecked vehicle. A magnetic compass was among the possible items to take.

Counselor (C): “Do you think a magnetic compass is important for survival?”
Student (S): “No.”
C: “Why not?”
S: Because you don’t have a refrigerator, duh!”

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