Lunch strawberries are always crazy hard to get open. They come in a little square plastic container with a super tough seal on the top. Last time we had them, the kitchen helper stabbed the tops with a knife to break the plastic open, but this time, we were on our own. I don't care for this type of strawberries, so I always take a different fruit; many of my students did though and they had to get creative with the problem solving to get access to their fruit.
First came the round of gigantic complaining. (Actually they complained about EVERYTHING today). Most tried stabbing the container with a fork. It wouldn't always break through and after it did, they'd have to stab it multiple times to get an opening wide enough to fit a spoon in. A few went back to the kitchen to use a knife to open it. One girl was smart and got her scissors from her desk.
The ones still struggling with the fork saw her eating her berries already, "What? How did you get it so fast?" They were totally shocked. "Wow, I can't believe I didn't think of that," one of them said.
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