Pre-School test...

[Mark Doble]

Which way is this school bus travelling, and why.

Each pre-schooler asked got it right.

I tried to draw it the best I could, so ignore the inconsistancies K. :basic05

[Mark Bolerjack]

moving from right to left

[Glenn Harris]

the placement of the windows is the key.

[Gord Evans]

Which way is this school bus travelling, and why.

Each pre-schooler asked got it right.

I tried to draw it the best I could, so ignore the inconsistancies K. :basic05

Well, Mr. Doble, it doesn't appear to be moving at all. :basic03

And, I have never seen a school bus look quite like this from the side.

So, I would say we're looking at the bus from the rear (doesn't look to me like the front of a school bus), and that since those big round tail-lights aren't flashing (and I don't see any 'reverse' lights), the bus would likely be travelling away from us.

It also seems to me that if this picture were to be perceived from a pre-schooler's perspective, a common perspective for these youngsters would be looking at that part of the rear of a school-bus, from the front seat of "Mommy's" car.

Of course, if Mark D. had told us that the only valid answers were "left" or "right", I could have ignored all of the above hypothesizing! ;-)

Here's another rendering of the picture of the school-bus (https://fatherjoe.wordpress.com/files/2006/10/pic04675.jpg).

So, with the absence of a door and the right or left restriction, the answer is clearly the one chosen by Mark B., Glenn H., and Bruce C., above.

[Bruce Carriker]

the placement of the windows is the key.

Actually, Glenn, the absence of a door is the key.

The front of the bus is to our left as we look at the screen.

[Glenn Harris]

Actually, Glenn, the absence of a door is the key.

The front of the bus is to our left as we look at the screen.

I guess I just try to make things harder than they are. I didn't even think about a door but took the displacement of the left-most window as the drivers window and the gap between the right-most window and the end of the bus as the back seat. You are right though, there would be no door on the drivers side so I came to the right conclusion using flawed facts. I wonder how many times that has happened in my life. :fav18

Just a thought: Does this mean that Ian would have come up with an entirely different answer and been right?

[Jim Severns]

The picture shows the bus but there is no road surface underneath. Everyone should have figured out that the laws of gravity dictate that the bus will eventually fall to the ground. And don't try to argue that the bus is travelling through space. If that were true, there would be a black background. :fav17

[Eugenia Whitten]

I would say that the bus is coming towards us ~ those look like the headlights, not the wheels, and the three "squares" are the top of the bus. RIGHT????

[Mark Doble]

You are all very comical...

The winner will be announced sometime tomorrow, to allow for the other side of the world guys eh...

[Brad Mercer]

Other side of the world reporting in, sir! I refuse to participate on the grounds that in no possible outcome can I look smarter than a kindergartner. ;-)

Brad

[Mark Doble]

Bruce Carriker

Ya Bruce! :basic05

As the drawing shows no door, the bus must be moving to the left... :fav18

I did say to ignore the inconsistancies in the drawing.

[Barbara Moulton]

Wow...I feel dumb.

I couldn't figure it out yet it was so obvious.