cherydactyl

I have the same thoughts. Similarly, one of the basic arguments made by the kids was essentially one of sweat equity granting some aspects of property rights, which in many other contexts would be considered valid. However, since those same property rights were clearly interfering with other children acquiring that same sweat equity, I think one interesting experiment would be to reserve a block of legos which students each get to use for a week at a time. That would give each student the opportunity to build their own big project, or coordinate group construction, or even trade them for specific parts ("I just want to build a whole landscape in green").