Re: How much would you pay to be on Are you smarter than a 5th Grader?
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I am way smarter than just about any fifth grader, and was when I was a fifth grader too.
However this show obviously is completely rigged. The kids essentially get every question correct. How can every kid know that there are 15 teaspoons in 3 tablespoons. I did know this one, but the point is the kids get them right >90% of the time. They must tell them the questions and answers before hand, or give them a small set to study.
Many of the questions have absolutely nothing to do with intelligence, and are just a matter of knowing some random fact. If you took a group of brilliant NASA scientists, I bet they wouldn't do as well as the kids on this show. There is something wrong with this show.
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This may be true (i.e., kids seem to do too well). But the way that the show is set up, you want the kids to be right all of the time. The more right the kids are, the better chance the contestant has. (I've yet to see a kid get one wrong). So, this is a good thing.
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