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Chapter 16
Enabling Rational
Decision Making
ZEKE’S TREE
Zeke Harrison walked home from the bus
and negotiated his backpack through the
front door. His father, Norman, a business
school professor, put aside some papers he
was grading and made sure the fifth grader
did the three things he always did when he
got home: take his shoes off and leave them
by the door, empty out his lunchbox at the
sink, and lay his school books on his desk.
Norman encouraged Zeke to complete his
homework right away; it made the remain-
der of the day easier for everyone, and Zeke
had an easier time finishing everything up
when it was still fresh in his mind.
Norman: