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Dec. 28, 2007
Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
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The kids got the board game for Christmas, "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?" We played it last night, which is a pretty good record for us-- we got Homeschoolopoly last Christmas and never got around to playing it until November. But last night I was sick of each of us staring at some electronic screen of one kind or another and so we turned off the computers and video games and dvds and played the game. Macy didn't enjoy it, even though she was on Daddy's team, so I let her off the hook after about 20 minutes. Sydney was on my team and had fun. I think we all did very well, but in the end, the 7th grader was the only one smarter than a 5th grader. Jason and I both were stumped on our million dollar questions. His was about a sculptor and mine was a science question that I thought I knew but wasn't willing to gamble on. (What element does Au stand for) Keep in mind science is not my strongpoint, and we couldn't get help from anyone. (Whereas in the regular questions you have 3 "lifelines.") Spenser knew the answer so I could have used him, and, of course, Jason knew. I knew it was either silver or gold, but I kept my 500,000 because I wasn't sure. (Good thing, because I was leaning toward silver, which is Ag.) Spenser's million dollar question was what is the largest organ in your body-- which is a science question that I could in fact answer. (skin) He got it right, proving that he is, in fact, smarter than a 5th grader. But then I already knew that! |
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