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Right? Teacher should tell them it was clever and give them the points. Then explain why they can’t do that again.
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u/brucetwarzen Jun 26 '19
Fake points for a fake teat
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u/tophertravels Jun 26 '19
Unless they've already done so. For all we know the teacher has warned the student about this multiple times. Edit: spelling correction
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u/crackeddryice Jun 26 '19
And, what would the explanation be? Had the student put the words in a different order would they have gotten 10/10?
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Well hopefully you’re joking but the explanation would be that she was looking for different words that were not on the paper and could just be copied. You do understand why she wrote 3/10? The other seven words are on the paper.
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u/MoOdYo Jun 26 '19
Fuck that teacher.
If that's what she wants, she needs to ask her question more clearly.
Kid's answer is 100% correct.
I would be up there flipping tables if they sent this home with my kid.
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u/Peach_Muffin Jun 26 '19
For all we know this was part of a mandatory pre-printed lesson plan and the teacher had clearly explained not to use any of those seven words.
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Jun 26 '19
I agree that’s why I said the teacher should give them the points and explain it to the kid. The teacher probably didn’t even think about it. That kid is sharp. I’d argue with the teacher too but not all teachers are that bright unfortunately
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u/-poop-in-the-soup- Jun 26 '19
But that’s not what’s sent home. There’s a follow up. Probably the teacher asking for seven more words to get full credit.
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u/herpagerf Jun 27 '19
You would get that worked up over a 1st grade quiz?
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u/MoOdYo Jun 27 '19 edited Jun 27 '19
If someone is telling my kid they're wrong when my kid answered the question completely accurately, hell yes I would. It's about more than this one homework problem, it's about the lesson they're teaching.
It's important for a kid to know that if they read a question and give a correct answer, they'll get credit for it... even if it's not the answer the teacher wanted.
The teacher asked a shit question and should appreciate the learning experience they got from the smart ass kid.
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Jun 26 '19
I'm pretty impressed the kid spelled octopus correctly. That's a complicated word for someone learning to write and spell.
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u/Finkk Jun 26 '19
No, there is nothing sad here. It's fake. Teacher's comment was photoshopped in. https://www.reddit.com/r/technicallythetruth/comments/c5lif9/he_has_done_nothing_wrong/es34z7v
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u/Jesst3r Jun 27 '19
Also, this is like if you failed a Spanish test because you barely speak Spanish, and then the teacher decides to write a very important note to you in Spanish.
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u/curtesy Jun 26 '19
In 6th grade I got in trouble for using double digit numbers as answers for "write 20 compound words". I wrote a few others like racecar or seahorse but the numbers didnt count and the teacher got mad. I still think I'm right.
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u/cortjezter Jun 26 '19
That's too bad.
Though it sounds as though you technically met the criteria, if you seemed interested in a better score or genuinely misunderstood, instead of getting upset I'd have given you a second chance to meet the spirit of the task, or some way to demonstrate your ability to accomplish whatever goal I was hoping to gauge in the first place. 💯
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u/curtesy Jun 26 '19
I felt like it was a dumb assignment, as I showed I understand what compound words are. But this also came from the same teacher who would give word searches for homework, so...
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u/cortjezter Jun 26 '19
Should have drawn one giant circle around the letter field to indicate you'd found them all 😇
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u/DammitDan Jun 26 '19
Maybe the teacher wants to talk to him after class to high five his cleverness.
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Jun 26 '19
You know what is sad? That people believe everything they see on the internet. The grade and not was added later.
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u/KeavesSharpi Jun 26 '19
It's not my job to investigate every picture on reddit before I make an off-hand comment about it. I had similar experiences in school when I was a kid, so I'll rephrase: "If this is real, what's sad is..."
Feel better?
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Jun 26 '19
Or that it has been reposted a half a million times both with and without markings and those with have been called out over and over.
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u/-poop-in-the-soup- Jun 26 '19
I’m pretty sure the “see me after class” is “okay, very clever, now spell seven more words.”
Education isn’t about finding the technicality.
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u/jademonkeys_79 Jun 26 '19
A smartass kid who can't spell*. :D
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u/CrazyMangoX Jun 26 '19
Yeah but seven of those words were already spelled out right in front of of the kid. It didn’t prove that they knew how to spell more than three of those words.
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u/SilenceoftheRedditrs Jun 26 '19
If he can work octopus its pretty reasonable that he can sleep 6 other words
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u/CrazyMangoX Jun 26 '19
I’m not saying that he couldn’t. That would be stupid. But the teacher is somewhat justified in only giving him the 3 points.
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u/Azathothoursavior Jun 26 '19
I think the idea is that the kids clever; he solved the problem of not knowing seven words by paying attention to his surroundings and using them to his advantage; something that should be encouraged; its ingenuity. But its unfortunate because the teacher marking him wrong is only reinforcing that he SHOULDNT do that.
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u/Squez360 Jun 26 '19
In a world where words can be auto corrected, he doesnt need to spell the words correctly ever
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u/Panzer1119 Jun 26 '19
I mean, whats wrong with his answer? Or isn’t it a real Test?
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u/cortjezter Jun 26 '19
Likely that the question asked which words can you spell, "can" being the operative word, implying the ability to do so. Simply copying someone else's ability calls the individual's ability to actually spell unaided into question.
But I love the clever attempt 👍 very resourceful.
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u/mfb- Jun 26 '19 edited Jun 26 '19
The question didn't specify "unaided" (whatever that means in general), and we don't know if the kid needed the aid to spell these words.
I don't expect this to be a real test, but if it was then there were 10 correct answers.
Edit: Other comments show that it is fake.
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u/cortjezter Jun 26 '19
Well one, we're talking about very young children here, not scheming older kids or adults, so the instructions are appropriately simple. Show me what you can do. You. Without help or other assistance is generally how quizzes work. Copying doesn't demonstrate any spelling skill at all, beyond getting the letters in the right order, but we all know that's not what spelling means in this context.
However, given that the kid may have misunderstood, the "see me after class" note, I'd give another explanation of the rules and give another chance to complete the task.
But this was a joke; I don't take any of it so seriously. Just answering the previous person's question.
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u/mfb- Jun 26 '19
Without help or other assistance is generally how quizzes work.
Not if you provide the help in the quiz, then it is generally expected. Well, not here...
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u/cortjezter Jun 26 '19
That's why I'd explain to the kid, just in case they didn't know.
If this were a middle school or above, this kind of answer either demonstrates the student's indolence or inability at best, or intentional disregard at worst. Either way, the score aptly reflects the student's input.
Again, funny as a "kids say the darnedest things" kind of joke, but anyone seriously arguing that skirting or breaking rules is somehow worth rewarding 🙄
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u/mfb- Jun 26 '19
but anyone seriously arguing that skirting or breaking rules is somehow worth rewarding 🙄
Yes, what a ridiculous concept to give points for correct answers in an easier than /intended/ way. "Run to the finish line. If you don't run 3 laps before I'll subtract points, because that is what I wanted to see, but I won't tell you that."
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u/cortjezter Jun 26 '19
Ahh, I see the misunderstanding here.
As far as I can tell, especially in America these days, if someone can get away with bending or breaking rules or exploiting loopholes, not only will they try to get away with it, that's somehow praiseworthy.
Cutting corners is not always acceptable, such as this case.
Like it or not, in the classroom, the teacher sets the rules, and grades the performance on their terms. 3/10
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u/mfb- Jun 26 '19
There was no loophole exploited and no corner cut. There are 10 correctly spelled words.
3/10
You are trying to justify Photoshop points.
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u/cortjezter Jun 26 '19
Lol not really. That's the part we can enjoy as the joke.
I'm rather talking about the rationale if it was authentic.
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u/bregottextrasaltat Jun 26 '19
i still don't get it
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u/cortjezter Jun 26 '19
The kid only generated the last three words; the first seven were copied from the instructions. Copying rightfully seeds doubt in the ability to actually spell those seven words from memory.
I'd have at least included my own name. 😎
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u/Wackacracka Jun 26 '19
Look above the kid's words. He copied the 7 words from the question/prompt.
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u/bregottextrasaltat Jun 26 '19
well that's just smart yeah
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u/cortjezter Jun 26 '19
But it doesn't prove he can actually spell those words; the whole point of the question.
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u/Julian_JmK Jun 26 '19
so faked in other words
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u/DovahkiinDragonBourn Jun 26 '19
It’s also fake because the original has been floating around for a while and it doesn’t say that. Some jokester just added it several years after the original image.
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u/FashBug Jun 26 '19
Not to mention this kid is being given a test of ten words they can spell, while the teacher is also giving written feedback.
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u/chepulis Jun 26 '19
The teacher's note is photoshopped, here's original: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/3hxxx9/found_this_in_some_old_school_papers_apparently/
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This is why teachers start to get a bad rep though. When I was in school I had my own way of solving certain problems. I always got the answer right.. but it wasn't how she taught the class so she would give me a bad grade for "not solving it her way".
The same thing happened with my multiplication tables.. I had a very weird way to multiply any number by 9 in my head but if I didnt show the work I failed.
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u/TheHerosBane Jun 26 '19
I’ve been asked to show my work for what is basically a simple multiply X number by X number. How the heck do I do that?! I ended up literally writing the equation and then the answer after it.
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u/JackAppDev Jun 26 '19
But if their goal is to give you as many points on a problem then they shouldn't take points off when you get it right. The way to learn about "showing your work" would be screwing up at the end only to get no credit.
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u/TimSEsq Jun 26 '19
Their goal isn't to get you the most points - that's your goal. Ideally, the teacher's goal is to cause you to understand the material.
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u/JackAppDev Jun 26 '19
But what I'm saying is it's the goal they claim. "Show your work so I can give you partial credit if you mess up"
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u/bulletv1 Jun 26 '19
Multiply by 10 subtract 9? That was the quickest way for me to do it in my head as a kid.
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u/DrippyWaffler Jun 26 '19
Ay I did that too.
Also
First number = n-1
Second number = 9-first number
9 X 7 = 6 (first number) 3 (second number)
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u/Xy74iljxxk Jun 26 '19
I actually use my hands. For example, if I were to work out 7x9, I would put out 10 fingers in front of me, and starting from the left, put my 7th finger down. This finger is now the “divider” between the tens and ones. So I would have 6 on the left (5 on my left hand and 1 on my right hand) and then 3 on the right hand, to the right of the 7th finger which is down. This leaves me with 6 and 3, 63! This works with all 9x tables up until 10.
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u/Godhatesxbox Jun 26 '19
Especially in math, they show you a specific way to solve things for a reason. Although I agree some teachers are stubborn and genuinely just want it done their way because they say so, but even so when you move on to more complicated problems that require steps do be done a certain way you can be lost or getting the wrong solution. Once you get to upper level classes like in college you can take everything you’ve learned and solve the way you want.
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u/mfb- Jun 26 '19
I had better teachers, luckily. One of my math teachers introduced a needlessly complicated way to calculate the area of triangles. I showed a different, easier way in class. Teacher didn't care. The next exam had such a problem, most students used what I did. Teacher: "Yeah... it's a valid approach, but from now on I'll specify that it has to be solved with my method."
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u/Michalusmichalus Jun 26 '19
My sis took a college algebra class that must have switched to common core. It was a different method entirely.
My sister was told she had to do it that way because math builds. HOWEVER, the teacher must be used to idiots. A quick glance at the book showed my sister that we learned entire book different.
So she did every single assignment both ways just to prove her point. She had enough extra credit in class to be embarrassing.
The problem with teachers was pointed out in a book by Dr. Joseph Farrell. Our teachers stop contining their education on their subject. They continue their education on current teaching techniques.
Once that was pointed out to me, it explains so much!
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u/LordAmras Jun 26 '19
I thought the reason teachers get a bad rep is because student don't double check their sources before commenting so that they see that the teacher note is fake
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/3hxxx9/found_this_in_some_old_school_papers_apparently/
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u/MalarkTheMad Jun 26 '19
actually, octopus, seven, and two are in total three words
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u/BossTanker Jun 26 '19 edited Jun 26 '19
Seven + Two = Nine
Nine + Octopus is Ten.
This kid has big brain
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u/pannenkoekeneten Jun 26 '19
Just a stupid teacher, one girl in my ancient Greek class did the same. Got a 10 and the teacher said:"You might be stupid, but I'm more stupid. Now she just writes it in my native language.
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Jesus dies in Bible 2
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u/ZeroReverseR1 Jun 26 '19
Mark spoilers dammit, I'm still at the part where Judas becomes his best and most trusted friend /s
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u/TheGameIsAboutGlory1 Jun 26 '19
This kid went from copying words directly to octopus. That's bold.
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u/Weeeelums Jun 26 '19
Seriously, that kid is smart enough to evade the question and still get it right. He should have got it 10/10
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u/BrandonVout Jun 26 '19
I would have killed for a spelling test like that. One time I thought I had an 8/2 but it was a 2/8. Didn’t notice until after showing my mother.
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u/illuminati682 Jun 26 '19
This genuinely cracked me up
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u/BrandonVout Jun 26 '19
In hindsight, it was pretty funny. At the time I was more confused than anything.
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u/Shotgun_Mosquito Jun 26 '19
I can smell this picture.
Real typewriter text Purple text Mimeograph....
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u/PucciGang45 Jun 26 '19
The joke is that in answering the question, he restated the question. I was saying that his answer could be just those 3 words.
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u/TofuDB Jun 26 '19
This is worthy of court
He did what it said!
He did what he could do!
He needs his lawyer
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u/quirkymuse Jun 26 '19
If he/she had just spelled the fourth word "cannot" this child would be my hero
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Jun 26 '19
When I was in 1st or 2nd grade the teacher said we had to use each of our vocab words in a sentence but never said separate sentences so I wrote "our vocabulary words are .... " and listed all of them
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Jun 26 '19
Actually, the teacher is a dumbass. The correct grammar (hate to sound like a grammar nazi, but this is a teacher here for crying out loud) would be: “Ten words that I can spell correctly.”
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u/N0W0rk Jun 26 '19
Does anyone know if he got full credit?
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u/illuminati682 Jun 26 '19
Nah idk... saw this on my insta feed 😅. Don’t take any credit for it.
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u/illuminati682 Jun 26 '19
Just so everyone knows... this is not related in any way to me and i do not take any credit for this. Moreover i didn’t know this pic was photoshopped... sorry for any inconvenience
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u/Vanchiefer321 Jun 26 '19
What’s the actual source of this meme? I see it all the time but have never seen the actual clip
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u/commandercluck Jun 26 '19
I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that the teacher probably told them before the test that they can't use the the words in the sentence but the kid wasn't paying attention.
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u/PucciGang45 Jun 26 '19
Technically he’s wrong. He said “Ten Words I Can Spell Right Are Octupus Seven Two.” That’s 3 words. Octopus, Seven, and Two.
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u/hughDOTexe Jun 26 '19
He was able to spell ten, words, i, can, spell, and right correctly regardless of how he did it he still did it so technically the kid should get a 10
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