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Re: Sample Project for "Take Your Kids to Work" Day
Subject:Re: Sample Project for "Take Your Kids to Work" Day From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com Date:Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:17:33 -0700
Easy enough to do with the PBJ exercise. You just need someone who can
pretend not to know what a knife, spoon, jar or any of the ingredients are.
And, of course, what a "sandwich" is.
Gene Kim-Eng
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:54 PM, <Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com> wrote:
> I know this is not appropriate for children, but I'm reminded of one my
> fondest memories from high school.
>
> Every year, my favorite teacher (psychology) would put her students
> through this exercise: Standing in front of the class, she would
> proclaim herself to be an alien from another planet, and all she knows
> is their language. The goal of the exercise was to instruct her as to
> how to smoke a cigarette (she was a notorious heavy smoker). And she
> would stand there doing EXACTLY what the students described for her to
> do.
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