Are you smarter than the fifth grader?
I was following this show on Star channel today and was shocked. I attempted all the questions that were being asked and as I progressed, I realized I knew very little. The speed and accuracy with which the kids were answering made me feel so little. I was filled with awe. One question was, "Which is the brightest planet?" I know I have read this before. I just couldn't figure it out. I was not able to reason to a possible conclusion. My mind was so stuck up! Venus is the answer. I guess I'd have a problem beating the first grader to the finishing line, even.
Over the years, as we progressed from 5th grade to higher levels, we think and reflect less and less on the foundation courses that we have received so far. As we get more educated, the little details that we used to memorize and had at our fingertips got pushed back. It was so pushed back that it does not even come to the tip of tongue when we need it.
It is very necessary that we treat this issue seriously. Reason being that we are getting older by the day. Our competencies are getting eroded. Laughs! You may be wondering how this is so. I believe in passing on the knowledge to my children. I hope and pray that you do too. How would you do it if you are not sure of it yourself?
Good question? I know. Sadly, I feel that I have wasted a lot of time already. What can we do to reinforce the knowledge that we do have but have lost to the chaos of information over the years?
Tips:
Here are some tips that I came up with to help you be smarter than the 5th grader.
Read up. Give yourself 5 minutes per day to just browse through your child's books. You would be amazed how easily the details start flooding your mind. If you are at the book store, do visit the school section and grab a text. Read a chapter.
Take up tutoring. This is the best form of activity that would make knowledge relevant to you and to everybody around you. Being responsible, you would read up before you tutor and as you impart the knowledge to your student, you learn and understand even more. As the student asks you questions and you work out answers, bingo!, you would have etched the information for a lifetime.
I was following this show on Star channel today and was shocked. I attempted all the questions that were being asked and as I progressed, I realized I knew very little. The speed and accuracy with which the kids were answering made me feel so little. I was filled with awe. One question was, "Which is the brightest planet?" I know I have read this before. I just couldn't figure it out. I was not able to reason to a possible conclusion. My mind was so stuck up! Venus is the answer. I guess I'd have a problem beating the first grader to the finishing line, even.
Over the years, as we progressed from 5th grade to higher levels, we think and reflect less and less on the foundation courses that we have received so far. As we get more educated, the little details that we used to memorize and had at our fingertips got pushed back. It was so pushed back that it does not even come to the tip of tongue when we need it.
It is very necessary that we treat this issue seriously. Reason being that we are getting older by the day. Our competencies are getting eroded. Laughs! You may be wondering how this is so. I believe in passing on the knowledge to my children. I hope and pray that you do too. How would you do it if you are not sure of it yourself?
Good question? I know. Sadly, I feel that I have wasted a lot of time already. What can we do to reinforce the knowledge that we do have but have lost to the chaos of information over the years?
Tips:
Here are some tips that I came up with to help you be smarter than the 5th grader.
Read up. Give yourself 5 minutes per day to just browse through your child's books. You would be amazed how easily the details start flooding your mind. If you are at the book store, do visit the school section and grab a text. Read a chapter.
Take up tutoring. This is the best form of activity that would make knowledge relevant to you and to everybody around you. Being responsible, you would read up before you tutor and as you impart the knowledge to your student, you learn and understand even more. As the student asks you questions and you work out answers, bingo!, you would have etched the information for a lifetime.
Comments
angel
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(Guest)
01/21/2010
i think i am can i be one of the students
cassie jones
(Guest)
(Guest)
11/24/2009
I think are you smarter than a fifth grader is a good show and I want to be on it when I grow up
bob creast
(Guest)
(Guest)
11/09/2009
i hate it cause you r not letting me into the game r u smarter than a 5th grader.
Not sure what the focus was on this article. One thing I've learned from "Fifth Grader" is that the quality of higher education has been going down, as I thought. Graduates today really know less than those did in past decades.
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