February 16, 2007

Perspective

An Amusing Tale from the Year 2000:

Ida is teaching a group of 3- and 4-year-olds. They are reading the book What! Cried Granny. It is about a little boy who spends the night at his grandmother's house. The cover features said boy holding a suitcase.

Ida: What do you think is in the suitcase?

Students: ... ... ...

To Ida, the obvious answer is pajamas. Or something similar to pajamas.

A: Uh...money?

Fin

I offer this up as an example that though something in the status quo may be rendering perspective askew, the skewed answer is often the iconoclastic-fantastic.

Unexamined life and all that...

Posted by Ida at February 16, 2007 04:25 PM
Comments

How funny. He's got a little crime scene going on is his head.
J

Posted by: Jules at February 18, 2007 07:26 AM

i often trip the light iconoclastic-fantastic.

(shut up, you wrote it)

Posted by: yellow dog at February 20, 2007 04:48 PM

this story makes me so happy.

Posted by: R at February 21, 2007 10:03 AM