Start things off with an anecdote

My 12 year old son is in boy scouts. This past week the family was attending a court of honor in which there were several rank advancements. The scout leaders had a great visual display for the ascending scout ranks. The display showed the patches for tenderfoot through eagle. Two were talked about more than others. The star rank is about the midway point to eagle, the varsity scout leader asked "why do you think it has a star on the patch?". I saw my 8 year old start to answer, I was sure it would be a Mario reference, but someone else answered first with the "because you are a star" answer. This must have gotten the competitive side of my son going. When asked about why the next rank of life had a heart in it, my son blurted out "because you get an extra heart like in Lego Star Wars so you can live longer!". The poor varsity leader had no idea what my boy was talking about, a real deer in the headlights look, as all the kids were laughing. I was giggling too.