Well really they should have asked how many full servings will there be and is there any left fro the host or something.
Agreed! This would really be a great way to present that word problem. It would also appeal to the humanitarian side of children with that characteristic.
A point on majority culture - in some schools it is how many generations have attended, in some wealth, in some race, in some religion. There always is a majority culture and an outsider needs to get an in somehow.
Hopefully the culture is fluid and welcoming and open minded, treating all human beings with impartiality.
Also if a school is government funded (as in the example another poster listed) then a reasonable person would accept a trasparent system with the tours/open days publically advertised and held and therefore may not think to ring up to book a tour a year in advance - this doesn't mean they don't care, just they don't have a contact in "the know".
Agreed. I believe that in reply to the person who stated that parents needed to be "highly motivated" or have contacts, I earlier posted that if transparency was an issue possibly they could advocate for the selection criteria information (including the booking of school tours by the cutoff date) to be made known, such as on the school website.
