I saw this on a Naruto episode first (http://www.hulu.com/watch/36407#i0,p20,s1,d0 http://www.hulu.com/watch/36407#i0,p20,s1,d0), about 6 months before I starte

I saw this on a Naruto episode first (http://www.hulu.com/watch/36407#i0,p20,s1,d0 http://www.hulu.com/watch/36407#i0,p20,s1,d0), about 6 months before I started college. For those who don't want to watch the episode, it's a written exam ninja trainees (genin) need to take to be promoted to ninja squad leader (chuunin). Any team (of 3) that has a single member fail will be failed as a group. If any ninja gets caught cheating they will be given a warning, and after three warnings they will be failed. SPOILER (no really, the episode is great in this context even if you don't like/watch anime much) The intelligent (but not book-smart) notice the leniency of the anti-cheating-system and the carefully worded instructions to "not get caught", and then find ways to obtain answers from "sources", qualified chuunin who were intentionally planted in the exam hall who knew the answers, or to collaborate with teammates. End plot summary I think it's important to teach kids not just the answers to problems posed, but also ways to find them. If it's too easy for them to find answers without rigid rules, it probably means that he problems we are posing them are not hard or thought-provoking enough in the first place. Edited for a missed phrase