A colleague - in California - took his son for kindergarten admission. While enquiring, he was a little alarmed to find that the boy has to give a test. The woman who manages admissions assured him that it is a basic test to figure out if they can handle school. He wasn't convinced and wanted to know the details.
The test is simple, she described -- kids have to remember some numbers in a given order, build some blocks as asked, answer some simple questions about home and parents, a small bunch of tasks. That sounded like too much for a 3 year old to handle. What if the chap fails? How will he take it? What about the impact of failure on his tiny mind?
She said that the boys will have to go through a preparatory session. Wait a second. Boys? So what about the girls? Well, she said, I have been here for 8 years, and not a single girl failed to do the bunch of tasks. In multi-tasking, they never fail.
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