When one thing takes another away, what do we call that?” she asked my class. “Homicide! ” I called out

Chris Colfer
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“When one thing takes another away, what do we call that?” – That’s a question asked by a third grader to her teacher. The teacher responded, “Homicide!” – a humorous response that the teacher made to the question from his student. While this may have been a response from the teacher, it also points out the concept of causation. If something causes another thing to occur, or takes that thing away, then that thing would be called homicide.

This is an example of a cause and effect relationship. In this case, trying to solve crime can backfire on people who are trying to catch the suspect.

Source: Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal

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