A Stone Like All the Others

Teacher Tom · 7 hours ago · discuss

var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true}; I picked up a small stone and performed some sleight of hand for the children. I then handed the stone to a girl, saying, "I'm giving this to you." Our playground is bestrewn with stones and pebbles. Any one of them would have served my purposes, but I'd selected this one. Now this girl had it. The other children gathered around her, requesting a turn with this "special" stone."It's funny how the nature of an object . . . is so changed by the way it has come into your hands, as a gift or a...