In between the various parts of the competition, the head of the jury gives some insight about what is important in a good education. Knowledge, knowledge and knowledge supplemented with a large doses of creativity and the ability to think for your self. Creativity is tested in the next part of the competition in which the remaining 15 teams compete. Within one and a half hours, the students must build a model with limited supplied materials. Some must build a retractable terrace roof while others must build a parking deck with a control system made of led lights to regulate the car flow. The enthusiasm of the children is contagious. For a moment we try to imagine how this competition would look like, if it was held in a Dutch shopping mall. Participants would almost certainly be seen as nerds and there would be a limited number of competitors that want to sacrifice their free Saturday to compete in a competition like this. In Kuantan, the jury is looking how the children are working. It looks orderly; nobody is yelling of screaming. The group process isn’t an evaluation point; in this part of the game it is the result that counts.

After one and a half hours, all students have to leave the competition area and the jury starts to evaluate the models. Most are looking quite nice, while some are already falling apart. While the results are being processed, the head of the jury wants to share his general impression of the models that have been created. We expect a typical Dutch, political correct, speech that compliments the groups processes of all groups and that notes that it was very difficult to choose between all those good models. This speech is different, however. He just speaks his mind and tells the contestants that the models were very disappointing, creativity is too low and that they all lack the skills to build a decent model. It’s an impassioned plea to work on these skills. The teams are being called upon to work at this assignment at home to create a good model to exhibit at their schools. The children and supporters are listening and nodding. It really seems as if they feel the responsibility to make their schools proud. Nobody complains about these harsh words and everybody takes this criticism seriously, even on a free Saturday.