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Games, activities and teaching ideas > A riddle for your pupils??
A riddle for your pupils??
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you_per7
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A riddle for your pupils??
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Could u ask your pupils to solve the following riddle?
A father and his son are riding in a car. the car hits a truck. The
father dies and the son is rushed to the emergency room of a nearby
hospital. The doctor comes in and says : " I can �t operate on this boy
.he is my son."
What is the relationship between the doctor and the boy ? what could have happened in the case the wrong answer was given
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20 Jun 2014
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aee.aee
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The doctor is the boy �s mother.
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20 Jun 2014
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you_per7
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I want to know the pupils reaction.
My pupils took a long time to solve it because they thought that the world " Doctor " refers to a man.
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20 Jun 2014
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cunliffe
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Even more so if you say �surgeon �, apparently. This won �t hold sway for much longer. |
20 Jun 2014
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MarionG
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This is an interesting experiment to see how far we �ve come in gender equality. I think this has more to do with stereo types and role model thinking, than with the students � understanding of the word �doctor �. I �m afraid that even in languages where there is no difference between the feminine and masculine form of the word, many people automatically picture a man in the roll of the doctor in the operating room. I will try this on my kids as soon as they wake up. Both have been working a lot on the subject of gender equality (big topic here in Jerusalem) and it will be interesting to see if they fall for this one. Thank you �you per7 � for this interesting point. |
21 Jun 2014
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