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Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:55 AM
What is a prototypical 'kid' question to ask? As in, when you try to give an example of a question only a kid will ask, what is the first question you think of? I'm not sure about you guys, but I felt that a prototypical question would be 'Why is the sky blue?' It's just a question that I use whenever I want to give an example or make a point, and I think it's largely to do with how I'm primed to think of kids (and in my mind, they are about 6 years old) who are really innocent and naive, but this may have changed in recent years. Recently, when I've been giving tuition, I've come to realize that kids in this era are advanced beyond their years, and it just struck me that maybe it's time some of those prototypes start to change. However, the question is, do prototypes change so easily and quickly? Or do they stick even when the circumstances and environment has been completely altered?



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