The Return of the Emergency Tape

Today I was reminded of an event that happened about a month ago. I was helping a student with some math on the carpet, when Godwin walked up to me to ask if he could use the bathroom. I looked up him and saw a massive pile of tape on his pants.

So, I asked, "Godwin, why do you have a bunch of tape on your pants?"

"Well, Ms. J., I once went to the store with my mom, and they had emergency tape there, it was like duct tape. I got a hole in my pants and you didn't have any emergency tape, so I decided to use the scotch tape instead."

"Okay, Godwin, I was just wondering."

Really, I was quite surprised by the creativity of this student and that he also believes emergency tape to be for when you get holes in your clothing.

Today we were getting ready to go to computer lab and Godwin comes up to me and says he has a hole in his pants. I suggested he try out his old idea, and use the tape, but that this time he try taping from the inside. Well, again he has a massive pile of tape on the outside of his pants. When I asked him why he didn't try taping from the inside, he told me taping from the outside was easier and he didn't have to remove his pants.