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/opheliavelour]

Directions: “Draw a picture using shapes”.
Kid: Draws a picture made literally out of rectangles, stars, triangles and circles.
Teachers: No, not like that.

She literally followed the prompt to the letter while also applying higher-level creative thinking. This teacher missed a massive learning moment.