Teaching classification today in science I had a student achieve an, as Oprah would call it, "Ah-Ha!" moment.
Me: "Where do humans fit into this?"
Student: "I dunno. There isn't a category for us."
Me: "Sure there is. We fall into the Animal Kingdom."
Student: "WHAT!?! We are ANIMALS?!?"
Me: "Yes. Now what Sub-Kingdom are we in? Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians or Fish?"
Student: "I can't decide."
Me: "Well do we fly like birds, have scaly skin like reptiles, are we like frogs, which are amphibians or do we live in the water like fish?"
Student: "We don't do any of that."
Me: "Well what does that leave?"
Student: "So not only are we ANIMALS, we are MAMMALS too!?!"
Me: "Yes."
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