A couple of years ago, he was sidelined during his youth football game. I went down and gave him my personalized concussion test, asking him three questions:
What happened on June 4th, 1944?
When did the Alamo fall?
What happened on November 22nd, 1963? Full disclosure, I had to give him a hint, i.e. I was in 4th grade.
Of course, he got all 3 right. I knew he was fine. His teammates looked at him in awe, "how did you know all of that?" lol
He corrected his drama teacher last year. She was talking about Elvis Presley and "Blue Suede Shoes." When she said he wrote the song, he corrected her...it was Carl Perkins. He remembered that from our visit to Sun Studio in Memphis. He stood on the spot where Elvis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash recorded their first songs.
The Allies captured Rome?
What did happen on June 4th 1944? A pub brawl in London?
Good for you, mom!
I guess I would have still been on the bench. LOL
These questions were very basic and there is no reason college students shouldn’t know the answers. Elementary students should know the answers.
The Battle of Mt. Song began as Chinese forces attacked heavily fortified Japanese positions on Mt. Song, in Yunnan Province, as part of a campaign to reopen the Burma Road, which had been closed since 1942. The Chinese eventually took the position after suffering heavy casualties.
Wow that’s really cool.