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Friday, December 02, 2005 

Ode to the learning capacity of three-year olds

I stumbled upon this blog entry of a student from the place where I work. Never underestimate kids' ability to put things together.

I was watching the biology animations that were posted in the [LMS] jus now... then came Bernise. She sat on my lap and watched with me. For your info, she is only 3 years old.. Anyway, she was watching and listening to the description of a bacteriophage (virus that infects bacteria).. While watching, she pointed to a string-like material and asked me whats that?? I was lazy to describe the scientific word to her. So i said "worm".. She wouldnt know the difference anyway. Haha... and den guess what!! she looked at me and said... "Its VIRUS" . I was amazed! She actually listened to the animation. I thot she only look at the pictures and diagrams! I guess at this age, they are learning fast!! haha...

1) O_O" i know what module she's taking... i was taking the same one! ack!

2) 3 years old are smart. *nods* my nephew is smart... thank goodness i never try to tell him a virus is a worm. of course knowing that its a virus doesnt mean they know what a virus is

Of course. That's a bit beyond a 3 year-old.

It's a little beyond me too! =P

But it's good to note that they are processing information.

Who knows, that kid may have linked the graphical representation of a virus to the word 'virus'.

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