I love watching Masterchef, so when I heard that there was going to be a Junior Masterchef my son and I agreed we'd watch the series.
He loved it!
So, we're watching the grand finale last night and of course they had to bring out the pattisier (sp?) Adriano Zumbo. His creations are just incredible and something alot of adult cooks couldn't manage, let alone children.
So, the Pear Perfection is the final challenge. Jack is 6 points behind Isabella.
And both kids did a bloody brilliant job of reproducing 5 of them each.
I thought Jack's presentation in the middle of each large bun was a bit sloppier than Isabella's, but who am I to judge, right?
So, challenge is over and scoring completed and it's time to reveal the final scores to each of the finalists.
Each judge, there were 5, were scoring out of 10.
Jack was first; 10, 10, 11, 11, 11.
Now...I'm all for encouraging children to do their absolute best, and both kids really did blitz the challenge.
But when did 11 out of 10 become OK? It's either 10 out of 10 or it's not.
Has society gone so mad that kids can't lose by a significant margin because it might just be too emotionally damaging for them?
I thought that the judges giving him 11 out of 10 was just plain wrong. The score was out of 10, not out of 11.
I know, I'm sounding like a cold hearted bitch right now, but seriously...?
These days kids get medals for participation in school! Isn't a "good job" or "well done" good enough anymore?
Why must we cotton-ball our kids? Is it to protect them from failure? Is it to protect their self esteem?
Failure (or not winning, as the case may be) is a good lesson for kids to learn, and in my opinion it's much better for them to learn it while they're young so they know how to deal with it when they're an adult.
Am I wrong to think like this?
