What's the Point of Being "Smarter" Than a 5th Grader?
I used to play the game, "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?", on my Iphone. But than I realized that I really didn't have enough hours in the day to play the game, and quickly gave it up.
However, I do know how it works. And if you provide me with any device that can grant me access to the Internet, than I can defiantly state that, "Yes, I am smarter than a 5th grader!"
And therein lies my point. If to be smarter means that I have the ability to regurgitate information that a 5th grader is supposed to know, then that doesn't make me smart. If the premise is that a 5th grader is smarter than me, because he or she can upchuck information at any given moment, than it's a ridiculous premise!
What is smart? Who decides who is "smart", and who isn't?
Every Tuesday, I drive across the street to the daycare , and read to 4 and 5 year olds. I had a new student the
