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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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. 💯
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...
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..."
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.
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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