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Mirabor Ofugara sat cross-legged on the floor of her Montessori classroom, considering a laminated card with a chocolate chip cookie on it. Was it living or non-living, the 4-year-old asked herself. Ofugara reasoned that she, a living being, often ate cookies, but she had never seen a cookie eat anything. A cookie was not alive, she declared, before placing it …

Mirabor Ofugara sat cross-legged on the floor of her Montessori classroom, considering a laminated card with a chocolate chip cookie on it. Was it living or non-living, the 4-year-old asked herself. Ofugara reasoned that she, a living being, often ate cookies, but had never seen a cookie eat anything. A cookie was not alive, she declared, before placing it in …