Apparently the public school system is working. It took a high school student to debunk the commonly held theory that paper, no matter it's size or shape, could not be folded in one direction more than 8 times. There is substantial mathematical documentation as to why this was thought to be true. In 2001 the high school student Britney Gallivan devised a function (for extra credit!) that proved that it could be done, and then broke the world record of folding by folding a sheet of gold foil and then a sheet of paper 12 times. These are exciting times we live in. I am however all in favor of people who when told something "cant be done." their response is, "no, f*(# that, I can." I wonder which pamona valley starbucks she works at now.
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