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Yakko's World, Thursday, Period 2
"If there's one thing I hope you take away from my class in general," Yakko said, "it's a fine understanding of current events." This despite current events being basically ignored in the class, along with common sense and - during some weeks - geography. "And that's why today we're talking about a place that has been in the news a lot over the past couple years, Egypt."
"They made a big splash last year when they overthrew long-time President Hosni Mubarak, who had won five straight elections in which voters were helped to make the right choice through a variety of creative solutions like vote-rigging, fraud, violence, and having his opponents arrested," Yakko explained, rather cheerily. "But in January 2011, Egyptian citizenzs were protesting all over, creating civil disobedience to force Mubarak out. A few weeks later, t worked and Egypt was put on the path of being a real democracy."
"The other thing you might know about Egypt is pyramids!" Yakko explained. "A pyramid is just a three dimensional triangle, but thousands of years ago, Egypt took this kind of geometry and threw their dead kings and riches in them to preserve for the afterlife, which actually meant 'archaeologists and museum curators.' We don't know how they built the pyramids since it seems impossible with today's technology, but the leading theories are 'a whole lot of slaves' and 'aliens,' so you can just make up any explanation you want."
"Plenty of interesting stuff probably happened between the pyramids and the recent revolution, but nobody you talk to will probably know about it, so this is enough to get you through any conversation you'll have about Egypt."
"So, in honor of these two distinct periods in Egypt's history, you have two activities." Yakko pushed a button on his desk, tilting the white board forward and letting a whooooooole lot of blocks of various shapes fall onto the floor. "And we're going to start with building pyramids! Have fun, kids!"
"They made a big splash last year when they overthrew long-time President Hosni Mubarak, who had won five straight elections in which voters were helped to make the right choice through a variety of creative solutions like vote-rigging, fraud, violence, and having his opponents arrested," Yakko explained, rather cheerily. "But in January 2011, Egyptian citizenzs were protesting all over, creating civil disobedience to force Mubarak out. A few weeks later, t worked and Egypt was put on the path of being a real democracy."
"The other thing you might know about Egypt is pyramids!" Yakko explained. "A pyramid is just a three dimensional triangle, but thousands of years ago, Egypt took this kind of geometry and threw their dead kings and riches in them to preserve for the afterlife, which actually meant 'archaeologists and museum curators.' We don't know how they built the pyramids since it seems impossible with today's technology, but the leading theories are 'a whole lot of slaves' and 'aliens,' so you can just make up any explanation you want."
"Plenty of interesting stuff probably happened between the pyramids and the recent revolution, but nobody you talk to will probably know about it, so this is enough to get you through any conversation you'll have about Egypt."
"So, in honor of these two distinct periods in Egypt's history, you have two activities." Yakko pushed a button on his desk, tilting the white board forward and letting a whooooooole lot of blocks of various shapes fall onto the floor. "And we're going to start with building pyramids! Have fun, kids!"
OOC
OH, ALSO THEY WILL NOT LIVE TO BE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD EVEN IF YOU DO FEED THEM.