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...rains were light in Northern California when the creative writing class of Willits High School selected its group project. Nevertheless, it decided to re-create Noah's ark complete with animals. The students exercised their writing abilities in letters soliciting help for the project. (All were signed Noah Lamechson, Noah being, of course, the son of Lamech.) Eventually they put together a 21-page booklet recounting their experiences. Entitled You Can't Build an Ark in Mendocino County, it shows that the class learned at least one lesson: if Noah were around today, chances are he would drown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Arkitects | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

...Bank of America refused "Mr. Lamechson" a $500,000 loan to build the boat and acquire the necessary animals, saying that "there does not appear to be enough of one kind of animal to provide an economic unit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Arkitects | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

...post office informed Lamechson that he could not legally ship any animals except baby chickens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Arkitects | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

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