How Did Americans Lose Critical Thinking

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6. My grandson has been involved

in Odyssey of the Mind in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. It is an out of school activity that involves problem solving, it is International in its scope.

The 1st year my grandson's team won regionals, won states in Pa., went on to worlds where they finished middle of the pack. In worlds the international teams seemed to do better in the session that involved spontaneous answers to problems.

The 2nd year my grandson's team did not qualify for states.

His 3rd year they finished 2nd at regionals which qualifies him for states which is upcoming.

My daughter took over organizing Odyssey for the school district. She sent 3 teams to worlds last year and one team won it.

The kids do everything themselves. They build apparatus that must perform certain functions and do it within an 8 minute skit.