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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...

    1. Re:edit by rainmouse · · Score: 2

      Sex and drugs... a student was caught swinging their legs from between the hind quarters as the cheerleading squad walked by.

      Speaking about Sex. I always thought Trojan was a terrible name for a brand of condoms.
      Considering the Trojan horse was pushed through the city gates whereupon it broke open and these little guys came pouring out of it and caused all kinds of trouble.

  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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  3. Life-sized? by MrEricSir · · Score: 2

    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.

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    1. 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...

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

      But they clearly had enormous balls.

    3. Re:Life-sized? by Shin-LaC · · Score: 2

      They're way off. A life-sized horse would hold only one person, two at most.

  4. Re:Hey, just what are kids today up to? by blair1q · · Score: 2

    Yes.

    Instead of just shouting "You're stupid! You suck! I hate you!" and running away, they're proving it and watching you blog about it.

  5. Naysayers by YackoYak · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Man, what's with Slashdot, the comments are full of so much negativity this past year.

    These kids are in high school. That's pretty amazing that they were able to build that on their own, without it being assigned, including forming a team, agreeing on the project and following it through on their time and expense. I'm sure some of you were splitting atoms after school but my high school was certainly not like that. It may not be sized/shaped to historically accurate accounts (whatever that means) but they are making something by hand, and staying off the PC/Gaming Console/TV long enough to finish it.

    I'm an amateur woodworker and can point out all sorts of flaws but that's really not the point here. It's easier to tear something down than build it up.

    1. Re:Naysayers by uvajed_ekil · · Score: 2

      They built a clandestine paramilitary operation device. which has no purpose other than to smuggle insurgens into an American school in America, where our children are, and you support them? When you hear the knock, it won't be the Spanish Inquisition, it will be Homeland Scurity coming to shut down your sleeper cell!

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