Tuesday, September 4, 2007
I am in a classroom where the teacher has a roulette wheel divided into six sections. One section has a large gold star in it. She is abut to add another star and explains that today is our last chance to spin the whell and have it land on a star. If we succeed the class will get $60 to spend any way it wants. I see a flaw in the contest, an opportunity to cheat to get the money. "Look," I say, pointing to the wheel. "It's on the star now." The teacher looks and realizes what I am implying because only those of us in the classroom would know that we didn't actually spin the wheel. The entire class cheers and joins in on the conspiracy to get the money without spinning the wheel. The teacher takes down the star from the wheel and hands both stars to me. The one from the wheel is pristine while the one that the teacher had been holding is slightly bent at some of the points. I give one of the stars to a friend and notcie that the star I am holding is the one that is slightly bent up. I wish I had given the less perfect star away but it is too late now.
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