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    Sep 10, 2007, 04:57 PM
    Are you smarter than a fifth grader?
    Jeff Foxworthy is funny here.

    glumbert.com - Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
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    Sep 11, 2007, 01:31 AM
    You know we have just got this show here in the uk and it worrys the living daylights out of me that these adults are roaming the streets and couldn't even tell you weather a tomatoe is a fruit or not its certainly opened my eyes lol
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    Sep 11, 2007, 02:09 AM
    I know I'm, but on second guess not really Hahaaahaaa:D
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    Sep 11, 2007, 04:49 AM
    They producers say that we'll forget two third of what we learn in formal education within a single year of discontinuing that formatted learning...

    Lesson learned: never let your brain rest, or clearly it will rust...
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    Sep 11, 2007, 04:51 AM
    Does anyone have access to an average fifth grader so that we can scientifically estimate the accuracy of this test?
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:03 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Capuchin
    Does anyone have access to an average fifth grader so that we can scientifically estimate the accuracy of this test?
    It's not about the fifth grader... it's more a reflection on us grown-ups...

    The kid's were baffled.. and she didn't know the length of a yard...!
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:05 AM
    I don't understand how the site could reflect whether we're "smarter than a 5th grader", when a fifth grader would get more answers wrong!
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:10 AM
    The point they are making, humorously, is that stuff we were taught when we were young, not used in years, while common to a fifth grader, is lost on some who have taken on the adult world. Too much gets put between what we learned in school and what we use daily. I never thought I'd use geometry once I graduated, but in my life now, math shows up daily...
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:11 AM
    Seems absurd to me :p
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:45 AM
    Can I at least get a little chuckle out of you for Jeff crack on home schooling?
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:46 AM
    I haven't watched it because I'm at work. I'll watch it tonight :)
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:46 AM
    We love the show here, makes for great laughs when hubby and I don't know the answer but our kindergartener or 8th grader do know the answer.
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:46 AM
    Aha! You may just smile after all...
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:47 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by J_9
    We love the show here, makes for great laughs when hubby and I don't know the answer but our kindergartener or 8th grader do know the answer.
    They can probably set up your phone and the VCR, too... LOL
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:50 AM
    352 feet in a yard?? :eek: :eek: :eek:
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:51 AM
    Depends how big your yard is.
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:57 AM
    All she had to do is picture the kids stacked up...
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    Sep 11, 2007, 05:58 AM
    She has some deep blonde root syndrome going on in that brain of hers. LOL
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    #19

    Sep 11, 2007, 06:00 AM
    So true! That's funny, J
    I really did just laugh out loud..! You make me laugh!
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    Sep 11, 2007, 06:04 AM
    I suffer from occasional blonde root syndrome myself. :p

    It's typically an acute illness that, over time, if experienced often, can become chronic.
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