# U.S/Mexico Border See-Saws For Kids

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-mexico-border-see-saws-for-kids/837933>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 31, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-mexico-border-see-saws-for-kids/837933 "2019-07-31T16:34:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-mexico-border-see-saws-for-kids/837933/1 "2019-07-31T16:34:05Z")

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> **[California professors install seesaws along U.S.-Mexico border wall](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-professors-install-seesaws-along-u-s-mexico-border-wall-n1036056)**
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> Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello first came up with the idea of a "Teetertotter Wall" in 2009.

“Two California professors created seesaws at the United States-Mexico border wall to allow children in both countries to play with each other.”

(Video at link)

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**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-mexico-border-see-saws-for-kids/837933/2 "2019-07-31T16:49:18Z")

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That is so cool on so many levels. You made my day. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-mexico-border-see-saws-for-kids/837933/3 "2019-07-31T17:04:04Z")

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Oh sure. Let non-Americans take one side of our American seesaws. Before you know it, they will be taking BOTH sides! #buildahigherwall

(sarcasm. I think that is awesome).

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-mexico-border-see-saws-for-kids/837933/4 "2019-07-31T21:32:14Z")

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So if you drop something heavy enough, you can catapult a kid over the wall!

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-mexico-border-see-saws-for-kids/837933/5 "2019-07-31T22:05:10Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> So if you drop something heavy enough, you can catapult a kid over the wall!

Note that this specifically doesn’t work if the one doing the dropping is a coyote. 🙂