A wily teacher could devise an experience with enough variety to appeal to the uncaught. That could be a visit to the Library of Alexandria of our late day: the flea market. This teacher might bus the class there, set them free with five bucks apiece, and suggest they look around. Each kid would likely find some object fascinating. Imagine if the kid were asked to take it home, run it down, and bring it in tomorrow. The child stands up and tells what he or she knows, thinks, and wonders about the prize. The wise teacher, then, might ask the kid to write down exactly what he or she had said,
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