the plan for full employment

One of our favorite Children’s Museum activities is the conveyor belts. There are two levels to this contraption: on the bottom level is a series of conveyor belts that kids run with big wheels to move gray foam cubes, terminating in an elevated belt that carries the cubes to the top level; at the top level are more conveyor belts that terminate in a chute through which the cubes are dropped to the lower level’s conveyor belts. An old fashioned intercom system (plastic tubing with a grate at either end) connects the workers on the two levels, who yell up and down for more cubes. It’s a perfectly closed system that keeps everyone busy–a much more realistic introduction to the workplace than any “Take Your Kiddo to Work Day” . . .