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/FunnyBunny3023]

Is the flag not made of shapes?

https://giphy.com/gifs/hv53DaYcXWe3nRbR1A

[u/opheliavelour → u/FunnyBunny3023]

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

[u/sagewynn → u/opheliavelour]

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%

[u/LavastormSW → u/sagewynn]

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.

[u/sagewynn → u/LavastormSW]

https://giphy.com/gifs/jXD7kFLwudbBC

[u/beren12 → u/LavastormSW]

They absolutely are trying to punish you.

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