8 year old logic

Here's something interesting that I want to share; it is about how innocent children think differently from adult. 

Here is a math question from her final exam.  Read the question first, and determine what is the correct answer before scrolling to below:

To me, an adult, it is quite obvious that the question is asking, or is meant to ask "what is the last TV program that Siti can watch at her own home". It's a math question that test children's ability on "time". Thus the children need to subtract 1/2 hour (travel time) from 1pm (reaching time), meaning to leave home at 1230. Thus the last program is "Detective Alan", which starts at 12noon and ends at 12.30.

I saw on the front page that the teacher had initially mark Lynn's answer as wrong, but then subsequently change to mark it as correct. With this additional 2 marks, she got full marks - 50 out of 50:

When I saw Lynn's initial answer, it was again very obvious to me why she choose "Tales of the World", which is a program that starts at 1pm. And I can also understand why the teacher change her mind in the end, to mark "Tales of the World" as the correct answer too:

The interesting part is coming up now. I chat with Lynn about this question, just to ensure that understanding is correct.  Sure enough, Lynn explain that "reach at 1pm, so can watch the 1pm program". Then I asked her who else in her class is in the same situation as her.  Her answer is "whole class"!  Ha, I was pleasantly surprised!! All the children read the question "correctly", because the question did not specify "watch at their own home", so all of them apply the same logic that "friend's place got TV". I was so delighted by their straight forward thinking. Then I wonder what the rest of the P2 classes did.

When I meet up with Mdm Ong on the last day of school, I asked her my query. With laugher and sparkle in her eyes, she told me that non of the other classes had the same occurrence, ie her class of Oct/Nov/Dec babies was the only whole class to choose that answer!!

Mdm Ong related to me how challenging it was for her to attract and sustain the attention of her young class.  Prior to taking this class, she had taught class 1.1 (kids with birthday at the beginning of the year) for several years.  She notice a big difference in behaviour.  When I went for the bird park excursion with class 2.1 and 2.8 in Sep, I thought it is just coincidental that the whole of class 2.1 seem so mature and how the whole of class 2.8 seem so childish.  But now I wonder and I marvel over these interesting observation.  What can I say, except, well done 2.8 cuties!!