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AU G U S T 29, 2 014 Available online at www.postoakschool.org
T H E G OA L by John Long, Head of School
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n the first day of school I watched a three-year old boy cutting strawberries. He carefully picked a single berry from a plastic quart container, laid it on a cutting board, trimmed the leafy top off the berry, put the red fruit in a big bowl and the green discard in a small bowl. He examined his work: just right. He picked up the next berry
and cut. It did not meet his standards. There was too much berry still attached to the leafy top. He put the bottom half of the berry in the big bowl and then looked more closely at the top half. He pulled off a leaf, then another, putting them in the discard bowl. Finally, when he was satisfied, he put the pretty-well trimmed top half of the berry in the big bowl with the edible fruit.
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