<p>missypie – your inequity story reminds me of our own. My daughter in 7th grade needed to make some sort of pre-historic tool. We went outside and picked a suitable branch and stone, along with twine and wax, to make a spear. The first branch/stone didn’t turn out right, so she discarded it and picked another.</p>
<p>Her neighbor/best friend shows up toward the end of this 45 minute excercise and says "hey, that’s a GREAT idea. Can I use the stuff you didn’t want? So she made a far inferior spear. They turned them on to the SAME teach, different periods. Neighbor got an A with a smiley face, my daughter got a B.</p>