Educational theorists will tell you the cornerstones of child development are empathy, perseverance and critical thinking. These people have clearly never witnessed a perfectly trimmed paper dart achieve full living-room glide.

Granted, empathy is useful, but it won’t help you dominate a Year 3 classroom fly-off.

A properly folded plane will.

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