My son once was given...
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My son once was given an assignment to write out instructions for making a paper airplane. How do you explain in simple, understandable English how to fold a piece of paper into an airplane? After about an hour and a half of intense work here is what he and I came up with: How To Make A Paper Airplane This is how to make a paper airplane. It's very easy to do. The only thing you need is a piece of paper. Place the piece of paper vertically. Make a vertical crease down the middle. Take the upper left corner and position it on the crease. The top edge must be lined up with the crease. Press the fold flat. Do the same with the upper left corner. Fold it on the vertical crease. Place the paper horizontally with the center fold toward you. Fold the top edge down two inches to form the wing. Turn the paper over and repeat the last step to form the other wing. Hold the paper airplane by the center fold and pull the wings up to a 90-degree angle to the body. Now, if you can make a paper airplane by following those instructions, I think you would deserve at least a bachelor's degree in technical engineering. But every kid knows how to make a paper airplane. How did they learn to do it? It wasn't from somebody telling them how. It was from someone showing them how. The Old Testament contains 39 books with over 602,000 words and 638 commandments. All that was to tell us how to gain victory over sin and suffering and live gloriously triumphant lives. But it didn't work. The last word in the Old Testament is "curse." After all those hundreds of thousands of words, the world was still in slavery to sin and suffering. So, God said, "Let me show you," and he sent his Son. -- Welborn
