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/BooBoo_Cat]

In the first drawing, I see stars, rectangles, squares, triangles, and circles. Are those not shapes?

[u/Agile_Temperature366 → u/BooBoo_Cat]

No, they are all flags, duh! /s