Sunday, January 27, 2008

Common Sense for 4th Graders

This has got to be taught by the parents to their children. But. But if the parents don't have any, their kids are doomed for life, and they will in turn make their offspring dumb.

Recently two fourth graders put in charge of flag duty tested something they saw on TV. They wanted to test the theory that placing one's tongue on a frozen pole would make your tongue stick to it and require painful removal. So thinking ( or rather thinking without common sense) they tried it out. Now, why didn't think this thought overwhelm their sensibility, what would happen to me if my tongue DID actually stick to the pole?

So I ask you readers, why wasn't this imparted to them by the parents? Like I said, common sense has to be taught by the parents and if they don't have any then this is just like poverty....perpetuated by generation of stupid folks to another generation of clueless people.

Sad.

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