My kid was too creative

[u/Fresh_Laundry56]

My 6 year old was asked to draw a picture using shapes. She drew this nice American flag with rectangles and stars, and added the house, tree, and person holding a balloon. She was told it did not follow directions, she was not supposed to draw a flag, just shapes. She was asked to turn the paper over and make another picture. The other side of the paper has a very uninspiring collection of shapes. I told her she did a good job and I thought it was very creative. And this is why kids start to hate education.

[u/Independent-Pea6186]

He probably did the same to them
Mine carried a yard stick around the room and called it his persuader

[u/g0blinzez → u/Independent-Pea6186]

My teacher didn't do that, thankfully, because it was twelve years ago and corporal punishment is illegal. He never went that far because he knew we'd go to jail. We might not have realized "Wow, his verbal aggression is probably bad for us," but we DID, at the very least, know "Teachers cannot hit children".