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One Does Not Equal One
This story is about the fact of the worldwide inequality that everyone should know.
The teacher knocked on the door, entered the classroom, and put his bag on the desk.
Not realizing the teacher was in, some of the students were still playing or talking. The teacher cleared his throat, trying to get everyone’s attention.
‘Hello class, good morning.’ He started. ‘Today, we’re going to learn some mathematics. Now take out your notebooks and copy what I’m going write on the blackboard into your notebooks.’
Some of the students were sneaking each other chocolate and fruit at the back of the classroom, some were browsing magazines, and some others were still drawing things on their notebooks.
The board behind the teacher was sadly black as night. He took a piece of white chalk and wrote, ‘One equals one.’
‘No, sir. That equation is blatantly wrong.’ A student rose, shouting. There must always be someone who rises and objects.
A deathly silence fell over the classroom. The teacher looked back to spot the student, numb with shock, just like all the students who were now quiet and confused.
‘If we took a human being as one, would that equation still hold?’
