Lifelong Learning: corn chips

As my eight-year-old kiddo and I were waiting for “morning drop-off” at school a while back, he excitedly told me that the school had recently fixed their playground by removing the rocks and replacing them with corn chips. I realized he meant wood chips, but “corn chips” made for a more interesting conversation at that point so I just ran with it.

I asked him if any of the kids were eating any of the corn chips at recess and what would happen if someone stepped on them first. I asked him if he thought the “five second rule” would apply. And I told him I thought it would be c...