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Students Build Life-Sized Trojan Horse For Class Project

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-we-built-a-wooden-badger dept.

A good old-fashioned Iliad diorama just wasn't big enough for a group of Chicago area students. They decided to build a life-sized Trojan Horse for their class project instead. From the article: "As Newsradio 780s Mike Krauser reports, their teacher couldn’t believe it. 'It was a surprise and it was a big surprise,' said teacher Bob Pomykala. The students wouldn’t tell Pomykala what they were up to. 'They said they had a great idea, but they wouldn’t tell me what it was,' he said. What they did was build a giant Trojan Horse, which, according to Greek mythology was used to sneak soldiers into the city of Troy for a triumphant battle. They built it in senior Sergio Aguilar’s yard, and then moved it right in front of Marengo Community High School.

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  1. edit by ae1294 · · Score: 4, Funny

    They used it to sneak drugs into the school...

  2. huh? by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who ever heard of students sneaking into school?

    1. Re:huh? by Lectoid · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nobody would expect it, much like the Spanish Inquisition.

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      Is it just me, or do you hate it when people say "Is it just me..."?
  3. Re:Life-sized? by ae1294 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This horse only holds 12 people. The original Trojan horse held 30 people, according to Wikipedia.

    So it doesn't exactly sound "life-sized" to me.

    People where smaller back then and folded up easier...

  4. Re:Life-sized? by blair1q · · Score: 4, Funny

    But they clearly had enormous balls.