Thanks Tom,
Also for ‘5 candies and 3 people’, lovely example
This Post is because 5 years ago, I was trying to motivate my neighbor’s kid, then a restless 10-year-old / Grade III (we call it IIIrd Standard here) to memorize the Tables. His younger brother then 9-years, knew the Tables.
Back then, when I gave him a few problems (after walking through an example) the kid disappeared, then returned with the answers. Found out that the kid had borrowed his father’s cell phone to get the answers.
Now the 'kid' is in VIII Std.
And his Math textbook watered down to the old V Std levels I remember. God save this Country.
Thanks Crystal,
For marking out appropriate age with grades
Personally I think these days kids have to get their heads filled with way too much crap at too early an age. Less and less time to be a child, have fun, play, and enjoy. The things children should do.
Kids even start learning English in kindergarten! What kind of bullcr@p is that? And learning to use computers etc.
I'd much rather see that they let the kids play more.
To the above, add, vanishing playgrounds here
Hi Bonnie,
Very valuable reference, thanks.
Makes amateurs like me realize the seriousness