Today was Darby's school science fair. For being one of the top projects in her grade, she got to move on to the fair. While she did place third today, unfortunately she will not get to move on to the next level, as they only take the top two placements.
I was a little peeved that the top selection at the fair today was not even experimental. While we did have the option of writing a lengthy report instead of doing an experiment, I felt Darby would be most scientifically well-served by having to perform an experiment. I also feel that those who did experiments (i.e. were actually being scientific) should have gotten some bonus points over those that chose not to familiarize themselves with the scientific method. However, as I am not in the decision chain, I'll have to go on gnashing my teeth every time I think about how this went down.
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