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# even a child, when silent, is counted wise
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/even-a-child-when-silent-is-counted-wise/
- Published: 2006-11-07T09:14:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T21:31:21.000Z
- Description: even a child, when silent, is counted wise
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Uncategorized

[Here's a fun story about a 4th grader](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aUeF%5F6E1NX5g&refer=us&ref=mereorthodoxy.com) in Central Park, Washington who was suspended for refusing to answer a question on a standardized test. Never heard of Central Park? It's half-way between the metropolis Aberdeen ([where Kurt Cobain was from](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt%5Fcobain?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) and [Tom Cruise once visited](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/269660%5Fcruise10.html?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)) and [Elma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elma%2C%5FWashington?ref=mereorthodoxy.com). Where I am from. Population 3049 at the 2000 census.  
I took piano lessons a half-mile from the school in Central Park. Not that you care. Read the story instead. I am headed for some much-needed sleep.  
Ht: [Best of the Web](http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), which you really should have deilvered by email every day. Really.