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Canada Is Not That Strange And Other Biases | Wednesday | Period 2
Fraser was standing in front of a table that was covered by a sheet when the students entered the room today. His arms were crossed and he looked thoughtful while everyone settled in.
"Good morning," he greeted, nodding at the class, "and welcome back. Today, we're going to be looking at biases in a simplistic sort of way. Everyone has biases, that's undeniable. It's how you deal with them that's important."
With that said, Fraser pulled the sheet off the table slowly to reveal several assorted plates of food. Some probably looked familiar, some did not. What Fraser didn't do was label the plates of food. It was going to be up to the students to choose what they want.
"Today, we're going to looking at biases with food. Now, it's simplistic and it's not always applicable but we even have biases with food. If you see something that looks inviting and smells good, you're more likely to try it than try something that looks bad and/or smells bad. You judge the food immediately without having tasted it. So, these dishes have no labels on them. It's going to be up to your eyes and your nose to decide if you want to try it. If you realize your biases are kicking in, that's fine, that happens. This is just a way to demonstrate that biases happen everywhere, even in something as mundane as food. So please, step up and look at the dishes. Take your pick on what you'd like to eat and see how you judge what you do eventually consume. Let's begin."
"Good morning," he greeted, nodding at the class, "and welcome back. Today, we're going to be looking at biases in a simplistic sort of way. Everyone has biases, that's undeniable. It's how you deal with them that's important."
With that said, Fraser pulled the sheet off the table slowly to reveal several assorted plates of food. Some probably looked familiar, some did not. What Fraser didn't do was label the plates of food. It was going to be up to the students to choose what they want.
"Today, we're going to looking at biases with food. Now, it's simplistic and it's not always applicable but we even have biases with food. If you see something that looks inviting and smells good, you're more likely to try it than try something that looks bad and/or smells bad. You judge the food immediately without having tasted it. So, these dishes have no labels on them. It's going to be up to your eyes and your nose to decide if you want to try it. If you realize your biases are kicking in, that's fine, that happens. This is just a way to demonstrate that biases happen everywhere, even in something as mundane as food. So please, step up and look at the dishes. Take your pick on what you'd like to eat and see how you judge what you do eventually consume. Let's begin."
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Class Activity | Food Biases [Canada 09/22]
Feel free to sample whichever you'd like and react at will!
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She just ... kind of got full and lost interest after the pizza and spanikopita.
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The escargot, however, was outright avoided.
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"Hinata..." Karla gave Hinata a big smile as she sidled up next to her. "Do you have a minute? I've got a few questions about your home that I'd really love to ask you."
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"I have the time," she said, "but my h-home?"
Why?
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Karla nodded. "Yes, Ko...noha, right?" she checked, having heard a lot about the village from Hayley actually. She still had a mask on her dorm room wall. "I was wondering about parties and festivals, actually, and what they're like. Do you have any traditional elements or foods or something? Especially for, say, fall festivals."
What with tomorrow being the first day of fall and everything.
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"Fall festivals?" she repeated, feeling a bit like an echo. "A-Ano, in Konoha, the festivals are normally held for a specific reason...?"
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Don't mind the notebook she was taking out, Hinata. Karla just wants it handy to jot down ideas and things.
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So many people had died in Kyuubi’s attack.
“We have harvest festivals,” she continued, shaking her head as if to clear it. “And ones devoted to celebrating family. I do-don’t—really know what you mean, Karla. Many places celebrate the same things.”
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She drew a quick sketch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_lighting_equipment_of_Japan) of what they might look like.
"Karakuri puppet shows are common as well," Hinata continued thoughtfully. "They're mechanical puppets, controlled by strings and push rods. Parades and dancing are common as well, though a parade would be far too much for a birthday party... Food..."
Well, she'd pause to give Karla time to scribble things down and ask questions before going into food.
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She tried to think of where she could find marionettes at that last moment and sighed. That might be too much to ask for.
"Now what were you saying about food?"
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Because that was so helpful Hinata.
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A pause.
"And nothing with natto."
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Besides the one thing she was able to spell correctly...
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"Fermented soybeans," she said, a bit distastefully. "They are a... very acquired taste."
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The escargot? Was actually really good, since it tasted mostly like butter and garlic. The sea cucumber was a solid 'meh,' mostly for the texture, and the frog's legs were kind of tasty. She went back for seconds and thirds of the sopaipilla and the spanikopita.
Mmmm...spanikopita.
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He deemed it quite acceptable.
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It...wasn't her favourite.
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"What'd you have? Any favorites?"
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For some reason she couldn't quite explain, the last three put a slowing halt to her enthusiasm, brows going down in a look of concern, and she wondered if her face looked as green as she felt.
What were those? Did she...want to know?
Something was definitely not right with those ones, no way.
But don't worry, Ariel. Just be glad there was no caviar...
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Also, escargot really is good as long as you ignore what you're eating. Vehicle for garlic and butter and what more could you ask for?
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Maybe.