Earlier today, the NASA All-Stars tried to build their own spectrometers. What could be easier? All they needed to do was punch some shapes out of cardboard and tape down some flaps. Basic stuff, right? Oh how wrong they were. Here are teenagers who know all the tips and tricks to an iPad. They were selected as some of the brightest minds among a pool of applicants to this NASA-sponsored program. Yet, a simple piece of cardboard is their kryptonite. In light of recent events, I present to you A Brief Guide to Stumping A Teenager:<!--more-->

<strong>Materials:</strong>

All you need is a piece of punch-able cardboard. If you're in a particularly sadistic mood, add tape.

<strong>Procedure:</strong>

1. Give the teens a piece of cardboard with outlined shapes to punch out.

2. Watch the teens try to do it on their own, avoiding the directions at all costs.

3. Watch the teens frantically scan the directions, trying to salvage a project they know is too far gone.

4. Watch as the teens hang their heads and come to ask you, their stone age, technologically-inept teachers for help.

5. Smile.