https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/01/03/when-a-first-graders-wrong-answer-was-better-than-the-right-one/

A first grade teacher asked the class this question:

"I am the beginning of everything, the end of everywhere.

I am the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space."

"What am I?"



The first student to answer said "Death."

The teacher had expected the answer to be the letter "E."

I was anticipating an additional sentence:

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/09/2018 08:39PM by 3X.

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What the heck kind of question is that, to confront 5 or 6-year-olds with?

College freshmen, maybe - but little kids? How are they supposed to have a clue?

What is the point?

I concur. What kind of "teaching" is this ?

Railroad crossing. Look out for the cars. Can you spell that without any "R"s?

T-H-A-T

My Grandpa taught me that when I was 5 or 6.

How about point of singularity? Any first grade student should have been able to come up with that. Ha.

This is ridiculous. The question is posed (phrased) as a metaphysical question, not a question about language or words. If written as supposedly intended, the trigger words, I.e. "everything" and "everywhere" should have been in quotations, signifying that the word itself was intended, and not the metaphysical concept expressed by the word. If expressed orally, the trigger words should have been preceded by the word, "word." Thus, "I am the beginning of the word everything and the end of the word, everywhere." It is also misleading because both everything and everywhere both begin with "e" suggesting that that is NOT the distinction intended.

Grade for teacher: F
Grade for students: A (considering their age and the cleverness of their replies.)

Maybe it was just to start teaching them creative thinking skills , have them discussing it to see how they think or comparing different answers, not expecting them to have an actual answer at that age( I hope not)
I remember reading short stories in grade school that made you think .They sounded weird if you thought of it literally, but teaching you to look deeper .I think it wasn’t until 3rd grade though.
( I can’t think of the word they use , at the moment, for that)

There is no beginning and no end.

Eternity = Time + Space = no beginning and no end.

Dumb damn teacher

M@t