Out of the Box

Greeting, readers.

It has been a while since the last time I typed that. How's your day? I hope it's fine.

Last week, the teacher told us to think out of the box. First, she asked what will we do if we're stuck in a house in the middle of a forest at night and we only have 1 match, we're given 3 options as to which one we'll light up. First, the candle, second, the oil lamp and third, firewood. 

A lot of people answered to light the firewood, since it's in the middle of the forest so, gathering firewood will be easy and it'll last long. Some people answered to light up the oil lamp while, a little amount of people answered to light the candle. My friend, Dillon said that he'll burn the house and I'd burn the forest. The right answer for this is that you have to light the candle first, since it's the easiest to light up. Then, you use the candle to light up the oil lamp and firewood. 

Afterwards, the teacher asked us again, "if you have a neighbor who has a farm of chickens and your gate is broken, causing the chickens to run on rampage in your vegetable garden, what will you do to solve the problem without offending your neighbor?"

We thought for a while and wrote down some ways to solve the problem. Some people solved in the logical way, while some have outrageous ideas. 

The next one was, in a classroom, the windows are opened and on the shelf in front of the window sits a vase of fresh flower. Across the flower, on the wall, hanged a painting of the same flower. A bee fly through the window and go straight to the painting, why does it go to the painting instead of the real flower?

My friends spouted out some weird ideas, like the painting smell like honey, the painting catch more attention, the bee is actually a robot and its house is beside the painting. 

After that quiz, we played a game by using tissue rolls to deliver marbles to the last person standing in line. Seven people stood in a line as a group and can only use 1 roll for 1 person. The whole class thought of the same idea to deliver it. It was fun. 

Playing games like those can open up your mind especially, if you played them with friends. It was a really fun week. Why don't you try to play it with your friends too? 

Thank you for reading.