Posted on 02/21/2022 9:27:20 AM PST by servo1969
A photograph came across my screen today that perfectly encapsulates what's wrong with modern, traditional education. (I use the word "traditional" as a contrast to Montessori or Waldorf schools.) In it, we see that a child gave a correct answer to an ambiguous question, only to be told his answer was wrong because the teacher was unable to see beyond the confines of her answer book. Things like this turn students into the kind of mindless drones who think as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez does.
Here's the photograph:
If it doesn't come through clearly, what you see is that the child was given the following problem in a math class:
8. Reasonableness Marty ate 4/6 of his pizza and Luis ate 5/6 of his pizza. Marty ate more pizza than Luis. How is that possible?
As you can see, the child is presented with a statement of fact: Marty's 4/6 of pizza was less than Luis's 5/6 of pizza. The child is asked to describe a scenario in which this is, in fact, a possible outcome. Presumably, the word "reasonableness" was a tip-off that the answer should be "that is unreasonable," even though the question isn't framed to elicit such an answer. "How is this possible" is framed to elicit an explanation, not a denial.
In the case of the photograph, the smart child noticed that Marty and Luis were not sharing a single pizza. Instead, each clearly had his own pizza. The child, obviously bright, immediately realized exactly how this could be possible:
Marty's pizza is bigger than Luis's pizza.
That is a correct answer. Not only is it correct, but it also shows a child with a flexible mind capable of thinking outside the box.
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But in school everyone eats the same size pizza. This kid obviously has school oriented tunnel vision.
Where did either of them get pizza with only six slices...
What grade is this? The hand writing is terrible :/
(was correct answer, as far as I am concerned though).
WOW!
And, yes, I see dozens of “on-line” do-my-(simple)-homework-problem-for-me requests.
Many with illiterate and unintelligent questions from the teacher.
I hope the kid realized the teacher is an idiot drone.
Also, pies are round not square.
Since everything these days is apparently driven by race, the correct answer is: Marty ate more because Marty is white and Luis is Mexican.
“ Where did either of them get pizza with only six slices...”
They will cut it like that if you wish. The guy asked me if I wanted my pizza cut into six slices or eight. I told him six as I didn’t think I could eat eight slices.
Because Marty is white and scarfed more than the brown boy 🤪
I think if I asked for that in NYC they would refuse to sell me the pie.
It’s no surprise that a student is smarter than the teacher.
I figured that punchline would show up sooner or later on this thread!
Remember this one?
Hey, want more chips?...smash.
(smashes the bag of chips)
More chips.
But at the Pizza Place, each can have a whole pizza. You assume too much not in question. Common Core Grad?
And then you wonder why there are some many dumb and dumber in our society!
Ever heard of Sicilian?
The kid is right. The teacher is an idiot.
A lesson I learned in first or second grade when my math teacher insisted that one degree Fahrenheit was the same as one degree Celsius and I was told to quit arguing about it.
It’s a poorly worded question and of course the answer is that Marty’s pie is bigger to begin with. There’s really nothing wrong with what either of them said, but I tend to side with the teacher on this. The question was how is this possible and there is an answer for that. Everyone gets all worked up about everything these days.
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