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Lesson 15 of 19

Useful and harmful changes

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Curd is a useful change in milk. Rust is not a useful change.

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The idea

Decay means rotting. Compost is rotted waste that helps plants grow.

Food decays. Is that good or bad?
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  1. Food decays. Is that good or bad?
  2. In a cupboard, it spoils our food. This is undesirable.
  3. In a pit, it makes compost. This is desirable.

Idli batter rising and fallen leaves turning into soil are desirable. Rust, and the fuzzy mould on stored food, are undesirable.

A desirable change helps us. An undesirable change harms us. The same change can be both.

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