WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:10.900 Thank you. Welcome to Students Incorporated, 00:00:11.019 --> 00:00:14.039 a podcast exploring the topics of business, education, 00:00:14.419 --> 00:00:17.260 technology and design. I'm your host, Mr. Jason. 00:00:17.420 --> 00:00:20.359 Join me weekly as my team and I produce content 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:23.079 that's informative, positive, fun and uplifting. 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:25.899 Episodes include student conversations, interviews 00:00:25.899 --> 00:00:28.019 with thought leaders and inspirational stories 00:00:28.019 --> 00:00:30.839 with an international flavor. This podcast is 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:32.780 created and produced with the help of students 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:35.079 from the International Community School of Bangkok. 00:00:39.149 --> 00:00:41.630 Hello, I'm Mr. Jason, and I'll be your host today. 00:00:41.810 --> 00:00:45.229 I'm joined by co -host Premi and Chania. Happy 00:00:45.229 --> 00:00:48.810 Leap Day, by the way. It's February 29th, 2024 00:00:48.810 --> 00:00:52.030 today, and you guessed it. This episode is all 00:00:52.030 --> 00:00:54.850 about the topic of leap year. Maybe you are someone 00:00:54.850 --> 00:00:57.210 who has never thought about this topic before. 00:00:57.429 --> 00:00:59.829 Well, be prepared to learn and laugh as we've 00:00:59.829 --> 00:01:02.289 invited several guests to join the show and have 00:01:02.289 --> 00:01:05.030 a lively, fun, and educational discussion about 00:01:05.030 --> 00:01:08.519 the obscure topic of leap year. But before we 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:10.900 get into our first guest segment, let's hear 00:01:10.900 --> 00:01:12.780 our quote of the day and get some headline news. 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:15.799 Our quote of the day comes from Divya Singh. 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:18.680 Let this year help in your heart and give you 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:21.019 one more day to live and enjoy life with loved 00:01:21.019 --> 00:01:24.060 ones. May this leap year bring you joy, peace, 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:27.239 and love in abundance. Let it be a reminder to 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:29.519 cherish every moment with those you hold dear. 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:48.680 That's our quote of the day. Here are some interesting 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:51.840 news items related to Leap Year. First, we start 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:53.819 with an interesting cultural event associated 00:01:53.819 --> 00:01:56.980 with the Leap Year date, February 29th. This 00:01:56.980 --> 00:01:59.379 interesting tradition states that women may propose 00:01:59.379 --> 00:02:02.280 marriage to men on this day. This tradition goes 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:05.319 back many centuries with many different variations 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:07.840 depending on the country. One such variation 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:10.080 of this tradition, thought to be more of a legend, 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:13.500 comes from Ireland. In this Irish leap year legend, 00:02:13.699 --> 00:02:16.099 it's said St. Bridget struck a deal with St. 00:02:16.300 --> 00:02:18.780 Patrick, which allowed women to propose to men 00:02:18.780 --> 00:02:21.580 every four years. This practice was meant to 00:02:21.580 --> 00:02:23.539 balance the traditional roles of men and women 00:02:23.539 --> 00:02:25.659 in a similar way that leap year balances the 00:02:25.659 --> 00:02:28.060 calendar. Our second piece of leap year news 00:02:28.060 --> 00:02:32.120 happened in 1940 on February 29th. On this day, 00:02:32.219 --> 00:02:34.819 Hattie McDaniel became the first African American 00:02:34.819 --> 00:02:37.939 to win an Oscar. She was awarded the Best Supporting 00:02:37.939 --> 00:02:40.699 Actress for her role as Miami in Gone with the 00:02:40.699 --> 00:02:43.099 Wind. This was a landmark event in the history 00:02:43.099 --> 00:02:45.400 of cinema and the progress towards racial equality 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:48.560 in the United States. Our final new piece comes 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:51.539 from Athens, Greece. The first modern Olympic 00:02:51.539 --> 00:02:54.370 Games started in a leap year. And that year was 00:02:54.370 --> 00:02:57.750 1896. Athens is the home place to the original 00:02:57.750 --> 00:03:00.849 Olympic Games, which dates back to the 4th century 00:03:00.849 --> 00:03:05.710 AD. The 1896 Olympic Games consisted of 43 events 00:03:05.710 --> 00:03:09.169 across 9 sports, in which 241 athletes from 14 00:03:09.169 --> 00:03:13.610 countries competed. So how do we know 1896 was 00:03:13.610 --> 00:03:16.009 the leap year? Well, other than looking it up 00:03:16.009 --> 00:03:18.270 online, there's actually a formula you can use, 00:03:18.289 --> 00:03:22.129 and it's quite easy. To determine if 1896 is 00:03:22.129 --> 00:03:24.229 a leap year, we can use the formula rule that 00:03:24.229 --> 00:03:26.310 a year is a leap year if the year is divisible 00:03:26.310 --> 00:03:29.169 by 4. But there's an exception for years that 00:03:29.169 --> 00:03:32.250 are divisible by 100. These are the only leap 00:03:32.250 --> 00:03:35.689 years if they are also divisible by 400. Let's 00:03:35.689 --> 00:03:39.669 apply this rule to the year 1896. 1896 is divided 00:03:39.669 --> 00:03:45.530 by 4 equals to 474. So 1896 is divisible by 4. 00:03:46.090 --> 00:03:48.930 This means that 1896 followed the criteria for 00:03:48.930 --> 00:03:51.430 being divisible by four, making it a leap year. 00:03:51.870 --> 00:03:54.110 And that's our Leap Year News for this episode. 00:03:54.210 --> 00:03:56.430 Our next Leap Year News segment will be four 00:03:56.430 --> 00:04:00.949 years from now. In this first segment, we welcome 00:04:00.949 --> 00:04:03.710 Mr. Jonathan. Word on the street is that Mr. 00:04:03.870 --> 00:04:06.310 Jonathan has a great sense of humor and is good 00:04:06.310 --> 00:04:08.620 with trivia. Well, in this first segment, we'll 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:10.979 give that a test with some leap year trivia, 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:13.419 and we'll probably have a few laughs, except 00:04:13.419 --> 00:04:15.659 with a twist. We'll ask the questions when you 00:04:15.659 --> 00:04:18.139 least expect them. We hope you're prepared, Mr. 00:04:18.259 --> 00:04:21.839 Jonathan. In between these random trivia questions, 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:24.420 we'll give you funny and interesting facts to 00:04:24.420 --> 00:04:27.839 prompt discussion. So to get us started, Premi 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.040 will introduce our first piece of trivia about 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:33.009 leap year. Thanks so much for coming on the show, 00:04:33.129 --> 00:04:35.129 Mr. Jonathan. Could you please introduce yourself 00:04:35.129 --> 00:04:37.430 and tell us a little bit about what you do? Yeah, 00:04:37.470 --> 00:04:39.470 my pleasure. Thanks for the invitation. I've 00:04:39.470 --> 00:04:41.790 been anxiously looking forward to joining you 00:04:41.790 --> 00:04:45.050 guys. I am a high school Bible teacher. I get 00:04:45.050 --> 00:04:48.769 the privilege of teaching JCHL, Judeo -Christian 00:04:48.769 --> 00:04:52.790 Literature and History, which is a fancy way 00:04:52.790 --> 00:04:55.810 to say Bible. And I really enjoy that. I'm also 00:04:55.810 --> 00:05:00.370 a regular speaker at our church and a husband 00:05:00.370 --> 00:05:02.379 and a father. We'd love to hear your personal 00:05:02.379 --> 00:05:05.019 thoughts about leap year. Is it a topic you've 00:05:05.019 --> 00:05:07.699 thought about much? I think leap year is one 00:05:07.699 --> 00:05:10.199 of those things that even though we know it's 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:13.160 coming, always kind of catches me off guard somehow. 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:16.100 Like, oh, it's a leap year. And a few years ago, 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:19.360 I went down a little bit of a rabbit hole to 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:21.819 look at like why the leap year happened and where 00:05:21.819 --> 00:05:24.439 it came from. And that was kind of fun. I won't 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:26.899 say that it dominates my thought, but it has 00:05:26.899 --> 00:05:29.160 been a source of interest at certain points in 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:33.459 my past. Okay, moving on, we have our first trivia 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:37.120 question for you. What percentage of the world's 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:40.339 population is born on leap year day? I'll give 00:05:40.339 --> 00:05:44.079 you a hint. It's under 5%. What do you think? 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:50.319 The world's population, under 5%. I'm going to 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:56.910 say 1 .6. The answer is actually less than 0 00:05:56.910 --> 00:06:02.550 .1%. Wow. I was way off on that one. Yeah. So 00:06:02.550 --> 00:06:05.550 we did some calculations and here's what we found. 00:06:05.889 --> 00:06:09.329 If we apply that percentage to the current population 00:06:09.329 --> 00:06:12.269 of the world, which is around 8 billion people, 00:06:12.410 --> 00:06:15.790 that means that there are about 8 million people 00:06:15.790 --> 00:06:19.089 on Earth that share a leap day birthday. Wow. 00:06:19.170 --> 00:06:21.629 That's cool. It's actually a lot when you think 00:06:21.629 --> 00:06:24.050 about it like that, right? Yeah, 8 million is 00:06:24.050 --> 00:06:26.769 a bigger number than I thought. Yeah, than 0 00:06:26.769 --> 00:06:29.129 .1%. And I really whiffed on that percentage 00:06:29.129 --> 00:06:31.670 though. No, you didn't. It was just like, you 00:06:31.670 --> 00:06:34.170 were just off by like 1%. Not too bad, yeah. 00:06:34.189 --> 00:06:36.490 That's a good way to think of it. That is. Okay, 00:06:36.529 --> 00:06:38.870 now Mr. Jonathan, do you know of anyone who has 00:06:38.870 --> 00:06:41.350 a birthday on leap year date, February 29th? 00:06:41.490 --> 00:06:44.870 All right, so I confess that I cheated and looked 00:06:44.870 --> 00:06:48.529 that up. And the coolest thing... that I found 00:06:48.529 --> 00:06:51.569 was a fictional character that's born on leap 00:06:51.569 --> 00:06:53.709 year. Here we go. Is it someone in the Lord of 00:06:53.709 --> 00:06:55.569 the Rings? Superman. Oh, you thought Lord of 00:06:55.569 --> 00:06:58.209 the Rings? That'd be fantastic. I'm going to 00:06:58.209 --> 00:07:00.129 hear him bi -state it. Gimli. Gimli was born 00:07:00.129 --> 00:07:05.310 on, no. Superman has a birthday of February 29th, 00:07:05.310 --> 00:07:07.589 which I think is kind of a fun little tidbit, 00:07:07.670 --> 00:07:11.490 right? Yeah, I would have thought. Well, I've 00:07:11.490 --> 00:07:13.750 got the next question for discussion, and we'd 00:07:13.750 --> 00:07:16.370 love to hear your thoughts. What's your take 00:07:16.370 --> 00:07:20.029 on women traditionally proposing to men on February 00:07:20.029 --> 00:07:23.949 29th? I think that that's actually a pretty fun 00:07:23.949 --> 00:07:26.889 tradition. I don't know if you guys know or have 00:07:26.889 --> 00:07:28.670 ever heard of something called a Sadie Hawkins 00:07:28.670 --> 00:07:33.370 dance. So one of my favorite bands is a band 00:07:33.370 --> 00:07:36.089 called Reliant K, and they've got a song called 00:07:36.089 --> 00:07:38.810 Sadie Hawkins Dance. You should go check that 00:07:38.810 --> 00:07:42.129 out. And a Sadie Hawkins dance flips a traditional 00:07:42.129 --> 00:07:44.689 dance on its head. And so instead of the guys 00:07:44.689 --> 00:07:47.509 asking the girls, it's the girls asking the guy. 00:07:47.769 --> 00:07:51.509 And so February 29th, ladies proposing to their 00:07:51.509 --> 00:07:54.089 their bows makes me kind of think like it's the 00:07:54.089 --> 00:07:56.170 February. It's the Sadie Hawkins traditional 00:07:56.170 --> 00:07:59.050 proposal. I think that's fun. That's a neat idea. 00:07:59.449 --> 00:08:02.790 And the sad part, though, is if if it doesn't 00:08:02.790 --> 00:08:05.620 happen to you. On February 29th, you can't say 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:08.339 there's always next year, right? So you have 00:08:08.339 --> 00:08:11.540 to put it on a four -year span. That would be 00:08:11.540 --> 00:08:15.800 a long time. A long time to wait. Okay, here's 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:18.199 another question for discussion. And it's kind 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.879 of a more serious question. Since a leap year 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:23.360 adds an extra day to our calendar every four 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:26.000 years, how would you propose we best use that 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:28.939 extra day? Maybe to benefit society or do something 00:08:28.939 --> 00:08:36.289 good? Yeah, I think that that is a fun mind exercise. 00:08:36.429 --> 00:08:38.850 I think it's a neat thing to think about. And 00:08:38.850 --> 00:08:42.450 hopefully, if you've had me in class, you know 00:08:42.450 --> 00:08:45.409 that I think it's important to plan and see what 00:08:45.409 --> 00:08:48.450 are the steps I'm going to take. And that's a 00:08:48.450 --> 00:08:51.809 good way to help success. It doesn't guarantee 00:08:51.809 --> 00:08:54.830 success, but it helps success. And the psalmist 00:08:54.830 --> 00:08:58.409 in Psalm 90. wrote a really interesting thing. 00:08:58.509 --> 00:09:01.490 He said, teach us a prayer to God. Teach us to 00:09:01.490 --> 00:09:05.149 number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. 00:09:05.649 --> 00:09:09.029 And I think on a day like February 29th, one 00:09:09.029 --> 00:09:12.029 that only comes around every four years, it's 00:09:12.029 --> 00:09:15.149 a unique kind of day. It's a day that's unexpected. 00:09:15.570 --> 00:09:19.330 It's not something we really are. It doesn't 00:09:19.330 --> 00:09:22.190 happen often enough for us to neglect its unique 00:09:22.190 --> 00:09:25.879 nature. I think that's a great day for us to 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:28.480 maybe join the psalmist and say, God, teach us 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:31.659 to number our days so that I might get a heart 00:09:31.659 --> 00:09:34.919 of wisdom. I mean, surely we should be thinking 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:37.820 that every day, but we can get stuck in a rut 00:09:37.820 --> 00:09:40.919 of routine and forget how special it is that 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:43.820 we woke up this morning. But on February 29th, 00:09:43.820 --> 00:09:46.559 we get a good reminder from the calendar at how 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:50.009 special our day is. Right, right. I totally agree. 00:09:50.330 --> 00:09:53.590 Well, moving on, time for another trivia question. 00:09:54.009 --> 00:09:57.509 Are you ready? Here it is. I hope so. I hope 00:09:57.509 --> 00:10:00.490 I do better than the last one. Apart from leap 00:10:00.490 --> 00:10:04.730 year or leap day, February 29th, what is another 00:10:04.730 --> 00:10:08.450 day that people are least born on? I'll give 00:10:08.450 --> 00:10:11.250 you a hint. It's a holiday that most people around 00:10:11.250 --> 00:10:15.210 the world observe and or celebrate. Well, that 00:10:15.210 --> 00:10:20.730 hint. Makes me think maybe Christmas is what 00:10:20.730 --> 00:10:22.929 I'll go with. I'm going to say Christmas. The 00:10:22.929 --> 00:10:27.769 answer is Christmas Day, December 25th. On this 00:10:27.769 --> 00:10:31.509 day, there are 30 to 40 % fewer babies born. 00:10:32.330 --> 00:10:34.169 Is that just because the doctors don't want to 00:10:34.169 --> 00:10:37.230 work that day? Is that the reason? Possibly. 00:10:38.590 --> 00:10:41.850 Maybe, maybe. We're going to get this baby born 00:10:41.850 --> 00:10:44.250 on Christmas Eve. I'm not coming in tomorrow. 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:47.600 Okay, our next item is more of a fun fact. The 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:50.320 fun fact is that Mr. Jonathan will answer the 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:53.539 question of why do we have a leap year? Mr. Jonathan, 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:56.340 could you read our fun fact from NASA? Certainly. 00:10:58.019 --> 00:11:02.519 Here's our fun fact from NASA. A regular year 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:07.340 consists of 365 days. A day is measured by how 00:11:07.340 --> 00:11:09.700 long it takes the Earth to rotate around the 00:11:09.700 --> 00:11:13.960 sun one cycle. However, according to NASA, and 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:16.460 they would know something about space, it takes 00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:21.039 the Earth 365 days, 9 hours, and 6 minutes to 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:24.779 orbit the Sun. So it's not an exact 365 days. 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:28.600 If we convert that extra 9 hours and 6 minutes 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:33.200 to decimal, then the Earth takes about 365 .24 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:37.559 days to orbit the Sun. That extra .24 days might 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:41.019 seem insignificant, but over time, it adds up. 00:11:41.419 --> 00:11:44.019 To ensure our calendar stays in sync with our 00:11:44.019 --> 00:11:47.360 planet's journey around the sun, we have leap 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:50.820 years. Thank you so much for that. Here's another 00:11:50.820 --> 00:11:53.840 trivia question for you. The Julian calendar 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:57.139 did not add an extra day in February during a 00:11:57.139 --> 00:12:00.279 leap year. Instead, it represented a leap year 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:03.120 by repeating a day in February. Can you guess 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:06.320 which day in February was repeated? Your hint 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:10.200 is this. It was one of the days between February 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:14.720 20th and 28th. What do you think? Oh, see, your 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:16.419 hint took away my answer. I was going to guess 00:12:16.419 --> 00:12:21.059 the Ides. No, that's in March. So between 20 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:25.759 and 28, I'm going to say that it repeated the 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:28.279 22nd because the number is already repeating. 00:12:28.419 --> 00:12:31.539 That's what I'm going to go with. Nice answer. 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:37.519 However, you're wrong. The Julian calendar repeated 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:42.419 February 24th during a leap year. The Julian 00:12:42.419 --> 00:12:45.879 calendar, thanks to the Romans, was widely used 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:49.179 up until the 15th century before the Gregorian 00:12:49.179 --> 00:12:52.379 calendar was adopted by many European and Western 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:55.600 nations. Pope Gregory III represent. Another 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:58.480 fun fact about calendars in our research, we 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:00.399 found that there are actually many different 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:02.360 versions of calendars used around the world. 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:05.139 Other than the Gregorian calendar, there's also 00:13:05.139 --> 00:13:08.440 a Chinese calendar, a Baha 'i calendar, a Bengali, 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:10.779 Indian, and Thai calendar. There's also a Hebrew 00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:13.419 calendar and an Islamic calendar. And finally, 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:16.279 there was the Julian calendar, a Coptic calendar, 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:19.279 and an Ethiopian calendar. They all had different 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:21.279 ways in which they helped keep track of days 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:23.740 of the year, especially leap year. That's fascinating. 00:13:24.700 --> 00:13:27.700 Yeah, who would have thought? There's a lot of 00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:30.899 calendars in there. And okay, for our final trivia 00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:33.620 question for you. It's a 50 % chance. It's a 00:13:33.620 --> 00:13:35.379 true or false question. Oh, all right. Yeah, 00:13:35.779 --> 00:13:38.960 you ready? Okay, here it is. In the context of 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:42.639 legality and law, does leap year legally exist? 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:47.580 No hints. No hints. See, I feel like that the 00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:51.940 obvious answer is it exists, true. Better be 00:13:51.940 --> 00:13:54.580 throwing you off. But is it a curveball? Is it? 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:56.159 And so I'm going to go with my first instinct, 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:58.679 and I'm going to say true, it exists. How do 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:02.720 we break this news? Oh, no. Well, thank you for 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:06.559 your answer, but the answer is false. It's okay. 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:11.740 You were one choice away. You were one choice 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:15.440 away this time. Legally, leave gear doesn't exist, 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:17.940 and the only issue with this would involve the 00:14:17.940 --> 00:14:20.600 computation of time. For example, if someone 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.299 was imprisoned for a duration of years and days, 00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:25.740 a leap year would be considered. Or if someone 00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:28.919 turns a legal age on February 29th, for example, 00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:32.500 an example would be a driver's license or voting 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:35.580 or legal drinking age. So leap year itself is 00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:37.960 not legal, but it can cause legal issues for 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:39.600 some of the things I just mentioned. Yeah, I 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:41.379 was going to think like, you know, if you're 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:44.460 born on February 29th, if you're one of the 8 00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:48.129 million people, are you in like a... like a purge 00:14:48.129 --> 00:14:50.870 loophole, like you get to, like laws don't exist 00:14:50.870 --> 00:14:53.450 on you. Yeah, like how does that work? I don't 00:14:53.450 --> 00:14:55.529 have to pay for this because I was born on leap 00:14:55.529 --> 00:14:59.029 year. All right. Last but not least, as we end 00:14:59.029 --> 00:15:01.990 this first segment, what advice would you give 00:15:01.990 --> 00:15:04.990 to our listeners about how to celebrate and enjoy 00:15:04.990 --> 00:15:07.590 a leap year, especially knowing that it only 00:15:07.590 --> 00:15:11.190 comes around once every four years? Yeah. Well, 00:15:11.269 --> 00:15:13.570 I would point back to earlier and say, like, 00:15:13.610 --> 00:15:16.450 I think it's important to ask God to help us. 00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:19.080 be wise about our time here on earth, so help 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:21.559 us to number our days. But I think part of that 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:27.320 is recognizing that Jesus said that he came to 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:30.220 give us life and life more abundantly. He didn't 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:33.419 come to give us life that's boring or just a 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:36.379 bunch of rules and checklists. I believe that 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:40.000 Jesus was a magnetic personality, that people 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:43.559 wanted to be around him and had fun around him, 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:46.779 like he was a fun. So I would encourage us to 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:50.700 enjoy and celebrate leap year by enjoying that 00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:52.919 day, having some time where we're laughing, having 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:54.500 some time where we're having good conversation, 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:56.899 having some time where we're having good food, 00:15:56.919 --> 00:16:00.480 and asking God to help us to count our days and 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:02.740 number our days. so that we do that regularly 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:05.519 throughout our life. Thank you so much. Okay, 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:08.240 that was fun. And thank you, Mr. Jonathan, for 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:10.960 joining us in our first segment. Don't go away, 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:13.740 as we have two more guests joining us in the 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:18.779 studio right after this short PSA. One, two, 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:23.720 three, four. Hey, everyone. Happy Leap Year Day. 00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:27.679 Make sure to enjoy the extra day this year. Go 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:29.840 spend time with your friends and family and do 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:33.009 what you enjoy. February 29th won't come around 00:16:33.009 --> 00:16:35.750 for another four years, so make the most out 00:16:35.750 --> 00:16:38.309 of it. Speaking of rare days or time shifts, 00:16:38.529 --> 00:16:40.750 for our listeners based in the United States, 00:16:40.990 --> 00:16:43.669 daylight savings is around the corner. On Sunday, 00:16:43.730 --> 00:16:46.649 March 10th, clocks will spring forward one hour 00:16:46.649 --> 00:16:49.529 from midnight to 1 a .m. There will be more light 00:16:49.529 --> 00:16:51.970 in the evening and you might lose an hour of 00:16:51.970 --> 00:16:54.549 sleep. And for the rest of the world, no worries. 00:16:54.710 --> 00:16:59.690 No need to change your clock. We are back with 00:16:59.690 --> 00:17:02.350 part two, and I'm joined by two new guests, Mr. 00:17:02.490 --> 00:17:05.589 Fabrice and Mrs. Jackie. We'll be following our 00:17:05.589 --> 00:17:08.089 same theme of leap year in this segment as well. 00:17:08.210 --> 00:17:10.750 We'll also be keeping it lighthearted and fun. 00:17:11.069 --> 00:17:13.710 Premi, go ahead and kick off our second segment. 00:17:14.029 --> 00:17:16.809 Mrs. Jackie and Mr. Fabrice, thank you for coming 00:17:16.809 --> 00:17:19.430 on to the show. To begin, can you please introduce 00:17:19.430 --> 00:17:21.230 yourself and tell us a little bit about what 00:17:21.230 --> 00:17:24.230 you do? Yeah, thank you for having us. I'm Ms. 00:17:24.309 --> 00:17:29.170 Jackie, and I teach grade six science. So have 00:17:29.170 --> 00:17:32.029 fun with those sixth graders every day. Hi, I 00:17:32.029 --> 00:17:36.589 am Mr. Fabrice. I teach grade eight, social studies 00:17:36.589 --> 00:17:39.829 and global issues. We talk about real life issues. 00:17:40.210 --> 00:17:43.589 Okay, let's jump on to our first discussion question. 00:17:44.269 --> 00:17:46.930 If you could create a special event or holiday 00:17:46.930 --> 00:17:50.390 that falls on February 29th and is only celebrated 00:17:50.390 --> 00:17:53.930 once every four years, what would it be? Mrs. 00:17:54.009 --> 00:17:56.740 Jackie, why don't you start us off? All right. 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:59.500 I thought a long time about this and I thought 00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:02.900 if I could do this, I would create like laugh 00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:08.119 or giggle day. I think that, yeah, just laughing 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:10.000 and having fun is super important to life. So 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:11.759 if we had a full day every four years, we just 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:14.299 got to laugh at ourselves and laugh at others 00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:16.339 or with others or whatever would be super good 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:21.220 for our life. That's very good. You can see our 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:24.099 differences here. I thought of a day of eating 00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:27.559 chocolate. I think we need to celebrate chocolate 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:30.119 a lot more where we could just sit for a whole 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:32.480 day and eat chocolate. No, that doesn't matter. 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:35.519 This would be a better day. Once every four years, 00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:38.140 you can just glut. Chocolate. I might be with 00:18:38.140 --> 00:18:40.859 you on that, Mr. Freeze. Chocolate. But I did 00:18:40.859 --> 00:18:43.019 read somewhere that it says like, you're not 00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:46.759 happy because you laugh, but... You laugh. That's 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:49.339 why you're happy. So laughing makes you happy. 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:51.279 So, you know, we should do that, too. I think 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:54.680 scientifically, it has an impact, right? Totally. 00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:57.720 You're not happy because you laugh. No, no, no. 00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:59.779 You don't laugh because you're happy. You're 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:03.460 happy because you laugh. Or we combine it and 00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:05.640 we have chocolate and laugh day. Oh, my God. 00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:08.140 That sounds like it. Yeah, I think that's what 00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:11.299 we should do. We should totally do that. Okay, 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:14.440 if you had an extra day every four years, leave 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:17.559 day. completely free of obligations, how would 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:20.960 you spend it? Other than eating chocolate. Of 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:24.940 course. I'd probably, I guess this is where my 00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:27.559 nerdy side comes out, watch Star Wars from beginning 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:30.339 to the end. Every single episode ever created 00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:34.599 from six o 'clock in the morning till whatever. 00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:38.380 Yeah. Or watch basketball, whichever. Those are 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:42.019 good things to do. I would do absolutely nothing. 00:19:43.290 --> 00:19:46.930 PJs all day, favorite book, favorite show, favorite 00:19:46.930 --> 00:19:51.069 snacks, hands down. I totally agree. I would 00:19:51.069 --> 00:19:54.150 probably do the same thing as well. All right. 00:19:54.170 --> 00:19:56.990 Well, let's move on to our next question. This 00:19:56.990 --> 00:20:00.690 time it's pop culture question. Have either of 00:20:00.690 --> 00:20:04.430 you seen the 2010 rom -com movie starring Amy 00:20:04.430 --> 00:20:08.049 Adams and Matthew Goode titled Leap Year? If 00:20:08.049 --> 00:20:12.549 so, do you remember what it was about? I've seen 00:20:12.549 --> 00:20:16.470 it multiple times. Excellent rom -com. I'm sure 00:20:16.470 --> 00:20:21.769 Mr. Fabrice loves it. Yeah, so it's about this 00:20:21.769 --> 00:20:27.230 woman who finds out that on leap day that she 00:20:27.230 --> 00:20:30.509 can propose to her longtime boyfriend. So she 00:20:30.509 --> 00:20:33.170 sets out to do that and then gets on a grand 00:20:33.170 --> 00:20:36.990 adventure of mishaps and falling in love with 00:20:36.990 --> 00:20:42.400 another man. And yeah. Maybe I won't spoil the 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:45.059 ending, but it's a super great movie. What do 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:48.539 you think about it, Mr. Fabrice? Okay, so I'll 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:51.500 be honest. I have seen the title. I've never 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:54.440 watched it. And I thought about this, and I thought, 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:58.960 why? Honestly, it just looked and screamed like 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:02.619 a rom -com. And I just always like, oh, that 00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:05.460 looks cool. No, no, not going to do it. I'm sorry. 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:09.579 It's just not me. I think I can still visualize 00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:12.019 the poster. I think it's got like a weird poster, 00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:14.039 like a color. I don't know. It's just not me. 00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:21.839 Rom -coms. Not a fan. Next. According to IMDB, 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:24.599 the movie Leap Year is about a character named 00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:28.059 Anna Brady, played by Amy Adams, who plans to 00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:31.359 travel to Dublin, Ireland, to propose to her 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:34.220 boyfriend Jeremy on February 29th, Leap Day. 00:21:34.910 --> 00:21:37.769 She does this because according to Irish tradition, 00:21:38.009 --> 00:21:41.289 a man who receives a marriage proposal on a leap 00:21:41.289 --> 00:21:44.089 day must accept it. You'll have to watch the 00:21:44.089 --> 00:21:46.589 movie to find out what happened. Recommended 00:21:46.589 --> 00:21:51.569 by Mrs. Jackie. 100%. Now, there seems to be 00:21:51.569 --> 00:21:54.170 some... I see Mr. Producer shaking his head a 00:21:54.170 --> 00:21:57.730 little bit here. But there seems to be some societal 00:21:57.730 --> 00:22:01.210 traditions with a leap year. Like what the movie 00:22:01.210 --> 00:22:03.390 Leap Year is about. There's an Irish tradition. 00:22:04.089 --> 00:22:06.609 Are there any Leap Year traditions or superstitions 00:22:06.609 --> 00:22:09.710 you've heard of or experienced? So I grew up 00:22:09.710 --> 00:22:11.930 in the Caribbean, and my birthday's in February. 00:22:12.609 --> 00:22:14.950 And Leap Year was always a weird thing. I think 00:22:14.950 --> 00:22:18.230 one of the traditions might be wrong, but those 00:22:18.230 --> 00:22:19.789 who were born in Leap Year, they would say you're 00:22:19.789 --> 00:22:22.589 shorter than everyone else. Not sure why, but 00:22:22.589 --> 00:22:24.910 completely. If someone's listening to me from 00:22:24.910 --> 00:22:27.250 somewhere else, please don't sue me or anything 00:22:27.250 --> 00:22:30.269 like that. But I believe that was one of those 00:22:30.269 --> 00:22:33.960 weird superstitions we grew up with. And so you 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:36.819 always had to kind of have a birthday or else 00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:39.740 you'd be short your whole life. It's like, I 00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:43.440 don't know. I don't know of any real things. 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:45.519 I feel like I've always heard that there's a 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:48.480 lot to do with like relationships or romance 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:51.519 or marriage, like those types of superstitions. 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:54.450 But whether it's like. Good luck or bad luck 00:22:54.450 --> 00:22:56.549 to marry on that day or something like that. 00:22:56.650 --> 00:22:58.450 I don't know. That's all I've heard. I've never 00:22:58.450 --> 00:23:01.750 experienced it. I would say there's nothing to 00:23:01.750 --> 00:23:04.630 what you've just said, Mr. Fabrice. Absolutely 00:23:04.630 --> 00:23:10.509 no data to support that claim whatsoever. All 00:23:10.509 --> 00:23:13.890 right. Here's another fun question. How would 00:23:13.890 --> 00:23:16.589 you explain leap year to someone that has never 00:23:16.589 --> 00:23:20.690 heard of it before? Oh, all right. So at first 00:23:20.690 --> 00:23:24.400 I thought, OK, we could. Just say it's some weird 00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:26.799 extra day on the calendar that confuses everybody. 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:31.119 But actually, it is scientific, right, and why 00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:35.140 we have this day. And it has to do with, like, 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:37.200 you know, the Earth's rotation going around the 00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:41.859 sun and then helping keep, like, seasons in balance, 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:44.680 too. So if you want to know more about that, 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:46.660 you should, you know, research it because it 00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:48.980 is kind of interesting. Yes, very scientific. 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:52.240 I thought of this, and honestly, I'd be like, 00:23:52.730 --> 00:23:54.730 I tell them it's like this weird superstitious 00:23:54.730 --> 00:23:58.190 day that if you happen to fall on that day, have 00:23:58.190 --> 00:24:00.390 a birthday, you'll either be like have some magical 00:24:00.390 --> 00:24:02.690 spirits or something like that or magical powers. 00:24:04.069 --> 00:24:06.730 Because it's cool. Like everyone wants a birthday 00:24:06.730 --> 00:24:09.109 on the 29th that you can just skip, right? It's 00:24:09.109 --> 00:24:10.890 just like you skip this whole thing. Like this 00:24:10.890 --> 00:24:14.029 whole day is just gone. It's beautiful. So I 00:24:14.029 --> 00:24:16.990 would say it's like a magical day with like if 00:24:16.990 --> 00:24:18.950 it happens, your birthday falls on that day, 00:24:19.009 --> 00:24:21.150 you might have magical powers and you're just 00:24:21.150 --> 00:24:25.900 like. super i don't know yeah no science but 00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:28.900 like if you had magical power why would you not 00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:30.519 want your birthday why would you want to skip 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:33.299 your birthday who does that you're super powered 00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:35.980 you know like it's like one every four years 00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:38.960 like you just appear and like and he's just like 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:42.019 super cool i don't know i i just would say it's 00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:45.019 like a magical day anything you dream could happen 00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:48.460 once every four years ah that's not scientific 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:53.210 at all I'm loving this. Okay. If our next question 00:24:53.210 --> 00:24:55.950 is this, if you would have been born on February 00:24:55.950 --> 00:24:58.609 29th, would you have celebrated your birthday 00:24:58.609 --> 00:25:02.569 on February 28th or March 1st in the non -PPR? 00:25:02.690 --> 00:25:06.529 And why? So I would be biased. You would. I am 00:25:06.529 --> 00:25:09.009 born in February. So to me, February is the greatest 00:25:09.009 --> 00:25:11.490 month in the world. So I would always celebrate 00:25:11.490 --> 00:25:14.470 it on February. Not a question. March is just 00:25:14.470 --> 00:25:18.500 not that good. It's so cool. Like, just think 00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:20.680 about it. You're born in a day that doesn't exist. 00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:23.380 Look at that. Right. It's just so cool. But I 00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:25.400 would say February. February. It's a month of 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:27.180 love. I mean, why wouldn't you choose that month? 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:30.859 I would go with February as well for one reason, 00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:34.640 because I would like it to be the same actual 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:37.160 month as my birthday would be in. But also my 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:40.039 mom's birthday is in March. So I would not want 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:43.460 to take away from her special month. Right. So 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:47.460 hashtag respect the parents. All right. One last 00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:51.019 question for both of you. What are babies that 00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:54.400 are born on Leap Day, February 29th, during a 00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:58.920 leap year called? Any guesses? Leap frogs? I 00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:02.599 don't know. Leap frog. That's my best guess. 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:11.079 Oh, man. I don't know. Leap babies? Skip the 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:13.599 day baby? I don't know. Skip the dishes? I don't 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:17.690 know. Skip the day. I don't know. The actual 00:26:17.690 --> 00:26:21.009 answer to that, if a baby or if a baby is born 00:26:21.009 --> 00:26:25.650 on leap day, they could be referred to as leaplings 00:26:25.650 --> 00:26:30.269 or leapers or in Mrs. Jackie's case, leapfrogs. 00:26:30.329 --> 00:26:34.049 So either way, I think it would be fun, fun to 00:26:34.049 --> 00:26:36.630 have that as a name. I think we've covered this 00:26:36.630 --> 00:26:39.630 topic quite thoroughly for this episode. Oh, 00:26:39.670 --> 00:26:42.539 wait. I think we have one more thing left before 00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:46.680 we close this segment out. We have a top 10 list 00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:49.819 to share with you. So Mr. Fabrice and Mrs. Jackie, 00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:52.640 will you do us the honors and read our top 10 00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:55.900 list titled Top 10 Leap Day Events You've Probably 00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:58.880 Never Heard Of. Ms. Jackie, go ahead and start 00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:09.599 us off with number 10. Alright, number 10 is 00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:15.000 in 45 BC, the first leap day is recognized by 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:17.599 the proclamation of Julius Caesar. The Roman 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:20.339 calendar, known as the Julian calendar, was used 00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:24.640 up until around 1582, at which time the more 00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:28.319 accurate Gregorian calendar was introduced. And 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:34.200 number 9 is in 1288, in leap day, Scotland's 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:38.400 Queen Margaret, the maid of Norway. died at age 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:41.759 seven, leaving no clear heir to the Scottish 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:45.920 throne, triggering a succession crisis. And coming 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:51.140 in at number eight is in 1692 on Leap Day, the 00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:53.819 first warrants were issued for the arrest of 00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:57.019 three women in the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts. 00:27:57.339 --> 00:28:00.079 These three women were accused of witchcraft 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:05.440 and were put on trial. Number seven is in 1736 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:09.819 on Leap Day. Anne Leap, the founder of the Shaker 00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:12.460 Movement in America, was born in Manchester, 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:16.180 UK. The Shaker Movement was a pacifist sect of 00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:21.400 Christianity. And number six. In 1892, on Leap 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:24.240 Day, the famous newspaper character Sadie Hawkins 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:28.640 debuted in the comic strip Lil Abner by Al Capp. 00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:31.680 The character became widely known for initiating 00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:34.779 a Sadie Hawkins Day. where women could reverse 00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:38.680 traditional gender roles and ask men out. And 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:43.220 coming in at number five is, in 1936, on Leap 00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:46.500 Day, the Soviet government renamed the first 00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:51.039 Leningrad Medical Institute to the Pavlov Institute, 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:54.900 two days after even Pavlov's debt preserved his 00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:59.950 brain there. Number four is... In 1940 on Leap 00:28:59.950 --> 00:29:02.890 Day, actress Hattie McDaniel became the first 00:29:02.890 --> 00:29:06.410 African -American to win an Academy Award. She 00:29:06.410 --> 00:29:08.789 won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 00:29:08.789 --> 00:29:12.150 classical film Gone with the Wind. And number 00:29:12.150 --> 00:29:17.509 three is in 1964 on Leap Day, Princess Alexandra 00:29:17.509 --> 00:29:21.890 of Kent gave birth to a leapling, a son. The 00:29:21.890 --> 00:29:24.470 baby is believed to be the first royal baby in 00:29:24.470 --> 00:29:28.309 history born on February 29th. Number two. In 00:29:28.309 --> 00:29:31.549 1980 on Leap Day, Buddy Holly's famous black 00:29:31.549 --> 00:29:34.470 glasses were found by a police officer over two 00:29:34.470 --> 00:29:37.569 decades after the singer died in a plane crash 00:29:37.569 --> 00:29:43.309 near Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959. And finally, number 00:29:43.309 --> 00:29:49.529 one is, in 2012 on Leap Day, Davy Jones, lead 00:29:49.529 --> 00:29:52.890 singer of the famous 1960s band The Monkees, 00:29:52.990 --> 00:29:57.119 passed away at the age of 66. leaving a legacy 00:29:57.119 --> 00:30:00.420 of beloved pop rock hits like Daydream Believer 00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:41.190 and I'm a Believer. As we end this episode and 00:30:41.190 --> 00:30:43.789 this Leap Day, make the most of the extra day 00:30:43.789 --> 00:30:45.849 we get this year because they only come around 00:30:45.849 --> 00:30:49.210 once every four years. And if you end up running 00:30:49.210 --> 00:30:51.390 into a Leap Ling, wish them a happy birthday 00:30:51.390 --> 00:30:54.990 today. As always, this podcast would not be possible 00:30:54.990 --> 00:30:57.549 without the hard work and support of our international 00:30:57.549 --> 00:31:00.470 student production team. 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