Toyota's Junk

To introduce the Industrial Revolution to my students, we simulate a car factory in my classroom. They construct cars out of paper while I, the “factory overseer,” go around and terrorize the students about quality-control and stuff in an effort to show them that factory life was high-pressured and not really fun.

I went to a group of boys and inspected their cars, which were badly colored and hastily constructed, and shouted, “What? What is this piece of junk? What kind of factory do you think this is?”

“Toyota,” a straight-faced boy replied.

The rest of the class lost their fear of me and busted up laughing. And I joined, even if he was being a little cheeky.