My daughter (who is 8) had to write a list of questions today at school to write about in her journal. The list is awesome. I present it to you here without changes but with a few editorial remarks for understanding.
- How does a parachute help you land softly?
- Why do [string] basses have to be so big?
- Why are magazines so expensive?
- Why is 1 [Nintendo] DS so expensive?
- Are there more boys than girls, or more girls than boys?
- Why do clocks only go up to 12 and not 20?
- Why is everyone different?
- Why does deodorant make you smell better?
- Why is deoderant spelled deoderant and not deoderent?
- Why do some people write with their right, and some write with their left?
- Why are people different?
- Why are animals different?
- Why is college so expensive, and elementary school isn’t?
- Can someone really become a superhero or villain?
- Can scientists really make time machines and cool stuff like that?
- Are mad scientists real?
- Is god real?
- Why is the chicken dance called the chicken dance?
- Why does ice cream have to be so cold?