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Flynn sat at his desk again, feet up, waiting for everyone to shuffle through and check in.

On the table near the front sat a small collection of shoeboxes, taped shut.

Once he was satisfied that everyone was present, he began class.

"Understanding computers is not just knowing how to click here, or click there. It's about knowing what your machine
can and cannot do, and it's history of why."

He grinned.

"Computers are logical. They use a system that dates back to the time of the Greeks and Aristotle, only modified
and tasked to suit the technology used today." Flynn got up and stood in front of his desk.

"So today, we're going to study logic. To that end, we're going to have a little fun." he grinned the patented Flynn boyish grin.

"I want you to partner off into groups of threes or twos, and every group gets a box from up here." He gestures to the box. "Inside each box is one
object. Using just your powers of observation and WITHOUT looking in the box, tell me what's inside it."

Flynn looked at their faces. "This means no powers as well, so don't get any bright ideas."

He watched the kids play with the boxes and waited for any of them to come up with an answer.

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Henry nodded in agreement. "It did sound like it was hollow." He clapped his hands together. "Right, then. Shall we hazard a guess at the object's identity?"

"Hm. You may be right about it being a prism, though it is not very heavy so i would say not stone or crystal. Maybe wood or plastic?" She said thoughtfully "I am not sure what it could be. Maybe a bottle? or a very large pencil? What in the world is an oblong polyhedron?"

"I was wondering if it could be a large pencil. Do they commonly make them larger nowadays?" It was an earnest question, as Henry had only been using his square pencils, brought with him from the 1880's.

Ami pulled out a standard yellow number 2 pencil. "They usually look like this. So ok on a number of sides, but is small. This would be a giant pencil."

Henry nodded. "I believe it would be some object similar to that. A large pencil would be my best choice."

"Alright lets go with that then." SHe jotted down on her paper

Conclusion: Large thick pencil.

"I hope we are right."

"I do too." Henry looked a little excited. "Should we present our findings to Mr. Flynn?"

"I think so."

[talk to prof thread?]

[You got it. I see your post; Henry'll follow Ami's lead.]

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