Field Trip Report

Maya really enjoyed her field trip today - she learned all about the day to day life of the early settlers. Her favorite part was the fur trade post and how the beaver was the standard of trade value. Did you know in the old days fur values were as follows:

1 Wolf = 2 Beaver
1 Fox = 2 Beaver
10 Muskrats = 1 Beaver
20 Weasels = 1 Beaver

Interesting fact: Nowadays you can pick up a controlling interest in American International Group Insurance for about 15 Muskrat. However they have and balance sheet with about 620 billion in outstanding beaver debt. This is due to the fact that the entire financial industry is run by a bunch of weasels.