Kids who came out with answers like that would get their ears pulled at the school I attended as a kid.
They were completely floored when I told them about corporal punishment practices that were in place when I was a kid. They thought that we were getting swatted every day and didn’t understand how little the paddle was actually used. It was the threat of the swats that kept us in line. No such threat exists now, and as a consequence the kids that come into my classes now are considerably behind where I was at the same age level because teachers have to spend such a huge percentage of teaching time dealing with discipline issues.
Couple this with the fact that in Texas, new student learning expectations were put on 5th graders this year that weren’t previously taught until kids were in the 7th grade, and the kids are getting even farther behind.