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26 January, 07:47

The second grade teacher posed a simple enough problem to the class. "there are four blackbirds sitting in a tree. you take a slingshot and shoot one of them. how many are left?" "three," answered the first 7-year old boy with certainty. "one subtracted from four leaves three." "zero," answered the second 7-year old boy with equal certainty. "if you shoot one bird, the others will fly away."

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  1. 26 January, 08:09
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    The first child is technically correct, but the second child is applying thoughts to the real world.
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