And just what's funny about those answers? They look correct to me!
I like the one about dew -- plants that perspire.
I dunno about kids these days, but me'thinks the education system is lacking. It's just too boring. All those tiny little facts instead of the big picture. What difference does it make what year so and so happened? As long you get the decade right, your're on top of things. More impotantly are questions like "What was learned from WW1?" or "Name the four consequences of industiralization". Those little facts mean nothing. What's important is how things have affected us now, and how we can avoid the same mistakes.
I think rightfully, kids are bored because the material is boring. They teach facts, not moral lessons.
When it comes to math, it's not about crunching numbers! It should be about WHY you're crunching numbers in a particualr method. Like, whats an application for using calculus? Why is Algebra important? How do you find the center of rectangle using only straight lines? This kind of thing is being overlooked, and therefore the kids are learning stuff that they don't know how to apply! But if they can see a use for it, then they'll see the importance of it. That's what's lacking. That's why they're bored with it.
The answers show the kids' imagination and creativity. These are ingenious answers, even though they're ludicrous. Imaginatino and creativity will never go away. But the education system doesn't know how to tap into it for the most part. That's a shame.
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