Oranges

Near the end of yesterday's class, we got into pairs and negotiated on who would be able to have the two oranges. My partner was Takumi, and he immediately agreed on my using BOTH of the oranges for my cake. I convinced him that he would be able to have as much cake as he wanted once I was done baking it, and he actually seemed happy with that solution. We also came up with the compromise that each of us would get one orange, even though Takumi was the one who originally bought the oranges the day before. I am pretty sure that the only reason why our "negotiation" went so smoothly was because my partner was Takumi. He is always so nice, caring, and understanding outside of the classroom as well, and he did not fight back at all. During our discussion though, I actually felt kind of guilty being able to use the oranges because if this was in real life, I know that I would not have wanted to take someone else's food from them, especially if it was without their permission... After learning the win-win situation in the setting, I was able to see how negotiating for a better solution from both perspectives is actually a ot harder than it looks and takes a lot of negotiating.

Also, thank you Ken for letting us have the oranges! I had mine for lunch today and it was delicious :)

I'm guessing this is what the tropical orange cake was supposed to be like?