Because I am a senior in college, this is how I spent my upper-level management class today. I worked with my group of five other classmates, and used the contents of the provided ziplock bag (straws, string, paperclips, one piece of tape, popsicle sticks, and rubberbands) to create a device that would prevent our egg from breaking when dropped from the second floor of the parking deck.

Surprisingly, our contraption worked, and we received five points of extra credit for our success. That, however, was small change compared to the absolute joy and enthusiasm displayed by my teammate upon discovery of our victory. You would have thought we had discovered the source of eternal youth buried under a sea of gold and precious gems.