Is the Superintendent Smarter than a Fifth Grader?

This past Friday, a superintendent from Georgia, Kathy Cox, won $1 million on the television show "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader". The New York Times stated that instead of keeping the money for herself, she decided to give the money to three schools in the state two of which were for the deaf and the other one to that for the blind. It was also a risk for her to go on the show because if she got a question wrong "she would embarass herself and the state school system". Luckily, when she chose to go for the million dollar question, she answered correctly and won the game. She says that she went for the million dollar question because she didn't want to have to say that she was "dropping out of school" in front of the children that many people are trying to keep in school. She didn't have to say she dropped out, but she did get to be the first to say, "I am smarter than a fifth grader."

I was really excited when I read this article because I always watch this show and I scream at the television when people can't get a first grade math question correct. I was even more happy that someone who is involved in the school system won the game. It would have been so embarassing for this superintendent to lose and have to say that she wasn't smarter than a fifth grader. I would lose respect for the schools in Georgia because the superintendent couldn't answer some of these simple questions. I've watched one in the past where the contestant was a former student of an Ivy league school and he got stuck of some of the simplest questions. Let's just say that this lady took risks and she was smart enough not to embarass herself.