i just remember learning at some point in grade school about the scientific definition of life. i think it provided seven criteria like growth, reproduction and movement.

i don't think a chair meets many of them. and, i would have expected a teacher to correct an indigenous student on the point, because what their parents told them about chair spirits was wrong.

"no, sweetie. chairs aren't alive. these are the criteria used to determine if something is alive."

but, maybe i've only interacted with very sneaky chairs over my life time.

given that they are teaching children that chairs have spirits, i have to wonder what the science curriculum looks like in these schools.

jagmeet singh must cut is beard