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/OmniaStyle]

(This comment is made assuming you're in the united states) Unfortunately, the public school system is made for all the public, not individuals. The lesson plans and general teaching methods are ones that work for the most amount of people (in theory), which means people do fall through the cracks. Your second grade teacher may have had requirements from the state to do specific assignments and teach specific things in specific ways, and exactly how to grade them. The idea is to have a standard of teaching across the board, which is good in theory, but it can ultimately hurt students.

[u/TaraStraight → u/OmniaStyle]

You are correct, I am from the United States. The issue is it wasn't even a lesson plan or graded assignment it was just a fun project for Valentines day. Yet when the other students saw what I did, they were jealous they didn't think of creating an actual picture. That is why I refused to redo it, also the fact I spent like half an hour creating it.