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I'm fond of parents who approach our authentic Japanese House (which is clearly labeled) and ask their children if they want to come see a house from China, and when staff corrects them, say "eh, same thing."




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From: Informal Science Education Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of marilyn hoyt
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O guys...the BEST come from places with living collections.  I was at the Bronx Zoo when a child asked about the giant red bottom of a mature mandrill male.  His dad didn't miss a beat in his response:  "they paint them."

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Beryl Rosenthal < [log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> My favorite, personally, was standing next to a parent and young child 
> who were looking at a mid 19th C. military school cadet's jacket 
> (probably for a young teen).  The child noticed that the jacket had 
> long sleeves and a very short bodice (typical of the design for that 
> kind of garment).  The parent said that people were built differently back then.
>
> Beryl

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