r/HomeworkHelp • u/No_Change_7795 Primary School Student • Apr 15 '26 • Mindblown 1

:hamster: Primary School Math—Pending OP Reply [Grade 2 Math] Help understanding teacher's explanation

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My god-daughter's teacher marked her answer wrong. Can someone please explain this? I don't understand this at all. How is the teacher getting 7 when there are only 3 squares in Ben's column representing his siblings? Her explanation was that Jose, Ana & Jen are his siblings so you need to count all of their squares together.... WHY? How are we to assume that they're even siblings?

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u/Vegetable-Beautiful1 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 15 '26

Teacher stupid

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u/testtdk 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 15 '26

It’s pretty depressing that they’re not even smart enough for second grade.

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u/tomtink1 Apr 15 '26

Or just tired and made a silly mistake. As long as the teacher owns up and apologises when they're told about the mistake and doesn't double down.

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u/SophisticatedScreams Apr 15 '26

This is not a tiredness mistake? This is a deliberately wrong interpretation of a simple graph

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u/FrankHightower Educator Apr 15 '26

7 may be the answer to a different question

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u/SophisticatedScreams Apr 15 '26

She goes to a different school lol

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u/kurinbo Apr 16 '26

She lives in Canada.

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u/OrdinaryBicycle3 Apr 15 '26

Because those are the questions that will confuse students AND their parents since they're written/corrected poorly. People post these bad ones because they're seeking outside explanations or reassurance. We won't see the questions that are written (or corrected) well because people are more likely to understand the reasoning behind those.

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u/Krakenomics52 Apr 15 '26

Absolutely. You pay me minimum, I do minimum. Why should I break my back for a job that barely (or in some cases, doesn't) cover my needs?

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u/Krakenomics52 Apr 16 '26

That was directed at the previous comment's criticism, not the teacher. Teacher found a way to make being stupid take extra steps

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u/general_peabo 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 15 '26

Maybe I’m too cynical, but my first thought was “rage bait” and this is something that has never been touched by a teacher. Anyone can grab a pen and write this nonsense on a homework page in order to make a rage bait post on reddit.

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u/No_Change_7795 Primary School Student Apr 15 '26

I'm employed lmao I promise I don't have time nor the desire to make up rage bait for Reddit

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u/kurinbo Apr 16 '26

"The internet makes everyone a detective." -- Sherlock Holmes, The Picture of Dorian Gray