It'll be a great learning experience if the kids survives it.

No lie, first time I read it, I thought I saw

Heaven here we come!

From an electrical engineering major who's not at Harvard: how could you fuck it up that badly.

for starters it won't be a secure fit because the prongs have some thickness to it, which means possible sparking of the outlet from the inductor because there are changes in current (inductors hate changes in current).

OK so now the big question, will this be problematic? I don't actually know. The two main contributors to impedance in this instance is the conductivity of the metal and how well the connection between the clip and the prongs of the charger. Best case scenario, it all goes into heat (via the impedance), worst case scenario it destroys the power electronics of the charger and the wall. Worse worse case scenario it starts a fire as a result of too much current not being dissipated.

one of the dumbest thing i've ever seen

She meant an interesting case of electrocution for Harvard medical students of course

No-one is going to comment on the outlet being installed upside down?

This is oddly relevant to something I was searching. i'm looking for both the type of material and method of bending to achieve a similar end result (of bent wire). I promise I won't gouge the outlets. Can anyone shine a light?

Electricity flows over metal, not through it. As long as there's an insulator on top, there shouldn't be an issue.

Would I try it? No.

Could it work? Yes.