Smarter than a Fifth Grader

This week's announcement that there is significant water on the moon, reminded me of a story about Carl's youth and water on the moon.

It seems that when Carl was in fifth grade, his class went on a field trip to a college to hear about science. Young Carl asserted that there could be water on the moon. He was first rebuked by the college professor and then rebuked by his teacher for bothering the college prof and then rebuked by his parents for being rebuked by his teacher.

Ah poetic justice...



So it looks like no adult involved was smarter than the fifth-grader!