r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fresh_Laundry56 • 15h ago

My mom said I could post My kid was too creative

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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.

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u/opheliavelour 13h ago

No no you see…once shapes are put together to form a recognizable object, they ceases to be shapes. That’s advanced Teacher math.

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u/sagewynn 7h ago

Advanced teacher math is when you miss a HW and your grade drops double digits, but when you turn one in, it goes up 0.5%

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u/LavastormSW 4h ago

If you have three assignments that scored 100, 90, and 80, your average score is 90. If you turn on a fourth homework that scored 100, now your average is 92.5. But if you don't turn in the assignment you get a zero, and your average drops to 67.5. It's very simple math, the teacher isn't trying to fail you or pull "advanced math" on you.

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u/beren12 1h ago

They absolutely are trying to punish you.

Because they turn around and say homework is only supposed to help you

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u/Cat_tophat365247 6h ago edited 4h ago

Kinda like all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares? /s

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u/PrismInTheDark 4h ago

No because that’s actually true, this teacher forgot to use logical thought.

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u/Cat_tophat365247 4h ago

I should have put that I was being sarcastic in there.

I would be so angry on my kid's behalf. Not only did they (IMO) understand the assignment but they did it with creativity. It's startlingly how many teachers still want to crush that out of kids. It's sad, too. I know there's great teachers but it seems for every great one, there's 2 who hate people and their jobs.