I Could Take 28 Kindergarteners in a Fight, How ‘Bout You?

by Matthew K. Tabor on January 21, 2008

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Sometimes when you read about education issues all day you starting thinking things like, “How many 5-year olds could I beat up before they finally got the best of me?”

And sometimes there’s a resource out there that’ll give you the answer.

How Many Five Year Olds Could You Take in a Fight?

Here are the ground rules:

  • You are in an enclosed area roughly the size of a basketball court
  • There are no weapons or foreign objects
  • Everyone is wearing a cup (so no kicks to the groin)
  • The children are merciless and will show no fear
  • If a child is knocked unconscious, he is “out.” The same goes for you.

My favorite question:

During the fight, would you feel morally comfortable picking up a child and using him/her as a weapon to throw at other children?

28 for me! Feel free to take the quiz and post your results.

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Erik 01.21.08 at 10:21 pm

I remember having this discussion with a friend of mine a couple years ago. Another guy couldn’t stomach the idea of fighting five-year-olds, so the parameters were changed to robots with the strength and ability of five-year-olds. I guess it makes it more morally palatable. It was the inspiration behind the naming of a website actually - youthinspiredrobots.com (not my website… just pointing it out).

My result: 17 of the little punks before they would overtake me.

Michelle (The Beartwinsmom) 01.21.08 at 10:26 pm

Where the heck do you find this stuff??? ROFL

According to this, I can take on 17 of the little terrors. Heck, I’m a mom of twins… I take on double terrors every day! LOL

James Cronen 01.22.08 at 11:58 am

Heh, funny… I just stumbled upon this meme last night.

Twenty-six for me… looks like I need to start going to the gym more.

Matthew K. Tabor 01.22.08 at 5:24 pm

I think everyone’s had this thought - at least briefly - after seeing that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer takes on the karate class.

Jungsun Moon 01.23.08 at 9:38 am

Like with a car accident, I wanted to look.

But alas, the website gets eaten by district filters.

Dana 01.23.08 at 6:07 pm

Weird…I wanted to see how many I could take, but when I get to “OK I’m finished. What’s my score?” it takes me to some online dating service.

I think I’d prefer beating up kindergarteners.

bob 04.01.08 at 11:36 am

this is stupid i want more little kids to beat up

bob 04.01.08 at 11:37 am

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYA 24

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