Isaiah's Tech

Before i do my blog about Microsoft's press conference at CES 2009, i am going to talk about my religion class today. I was about 15 minutes late and at first, we were copying down a note. After some discussion, my teacher split us up into about 5 groups. The groups were split up and we were given 'cookies.' There was a group of: 7 (with 2 cookies), 5 (with 4 cookies), 4 (with 6 cookies), 3 (with 12 cookies) and, my group of, 2 (with 96 cookies). I was in the group of 2 with another member of my class, Gordon Pun. We were the "moderator's" of the game. The object of this little game was that the other groups would come to us and try to persuade us to give them some cookies. The teacher explained to me and Gordon that we could do whatever we want them to do, since we were, sort of, like dictators. We could make them run around the class doing something silly, if they really wanted the cookies. The object of the game was to try to have the most cookies in the end.

The game started and the group of 3 came up to us and we told them that if they wanted 5 cookies each, they would all have to put a quarter on the floor and push it, with their nose, across the classroom. They refused to do it, so we told them to go away. The group of 4 came up to us and mentioned that their 'country' is burning down and that they needed cookies to feed the homeless. We gave in and we were going to give them 6 cookies, but then, one of their group members said, "Come on, just give us 10." So, me and Gordon decided to give them 4 cookies instead, since they were pushing their luck. The group of 5 came up to us and mentioned that they only had 4 cookies and there was one of them with no food, so we gave them one cookie. The big group of 7 came up to us and we told them that if they wanted 10 cookies, they would have to make a dance / cheer for us. So, they went back to their seats and developed a cheer. The first group of 3 came back to us and after a lengthy conversation, one of them finally agreed to push the quarter, the length of the classroom with their nose for a mere 5 cookies. So, Rishi did it and the whole class was laughing. It was all for fun and games though, not in a bad manner. When Rishi finished, he went to stand up and celebrate. As he was going to stand up, he hit his head on the TV / VCR in the corner of the room and the class laughed even harder than before. As the game was about to end, the group of 7, showed us their cheer and we handed them their 10 cookies.

After the game, our teacher mentioned that this related to the note we copied at the beginning of class. Why? Because 20% of the world's population owns 82% of the world's currency, in this case, this was our group, using cookies. Furthermore, she explained that we must share what we have, and such. That was definitely the most fun i've ever had in a Religion class. Anyways, let's get back to the good old Microsoft press conference.

CES here i come.

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