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EggspErimEnt 2022

An in-depth look at this years eggsperiment

by Avery Schlattman, Reporter

Each year at the start of second semester, Mr. Barker conducts an “eggsperiment” for his AP Psychology classes. The project’s purpose is to help teach students about the responsibility of parenting.

“I want students to know how challenging it is to be responsible for another life,” Barker states. Students must take care of their egg which includes bringing it to class each day, decorating, taking 10 photos a day with their egg, not leaving it unattended, and most importantly not cracking it. With never before seen carriers, names, decorations, and parenting techniques, Barker considers this year’s eggsperiment to be “top notch.”

Mr. Barker poses with an eggs that he assigned each of his students to take care of. photo by A.Schlattman

With a grand total of five eggs, Sruthi Ramesh wins this year’s title for “Worst Egg Parent.” Ramesh managed to be the first one to break an egg, cracking it after only a half hour.

Ramesh’s eggs broke in a variety of ways. “The first egg was death by lightsaber, the second egg jumped out of my cup and cracked on the ground, the third egg splattered on my driveway and the fourth egg rolled off my desk.”

While all of Ramesh’s eggs were broken accidentally, the same can not be said for senior Amber Stein.

“In a very strange twist of events, she has chosen to murder her egg for theatrical effect,” Barker shared. Stein has gone through 12 eggs, a new record for Barker.

“I’ve never had someone go through so many eggs, nor have I had someone kill their egg on purpose.” Stein’s first egg broke accidentally sending this new egg parent into a spiral “There was no extra credit after breaking the first egg, so there was no reason to keep the rest alive. I was sad.”

Tess Roberts protects her egg with a wooden birdhouse bought from Michael’s. photo submitted by T. Roberts

In order to keep their eggs safe, students must create a carrier. The contraption can be as simple or complex as they’d like, as long as it follows the rules. The carrier must allow for the egg to be able to “breathe” and the egg must be able to be taken out of the carrier. While most students choose to make theirs quick and effective, senior Tess Roberts chose to think outside the box. “I went to Michaels and bought a wooden bird house, and the doors actually opened up on it,” Roberts said. Roberts’ unique device worked and she was able to keep her egg intact the full nine days. “I actually did end up having to tape my egg by the end, after I took it out of the house and put it in the vending machine.” In an attempt to create the perfect photo op., Roberts placed the egg inside of the vending machine coin slot. “It actually fit perfectly, but when I went to take it out the shell cracked a little.”

While most students celebrate the end of the project with a ceremonious egg breaking, two students have started a new tradition. Kent Masten and I, Avery Schlattman, have had their eggs for over a year. The two celebrated their “eggaversary” on Jan. 25. “In all my years of teaching, I’ve never had this happen before,” Barker remarked.

Be sure to consider signing up for AP Psych, and get the chance to experience the eggsperiment for yourself!