Most adults probably think they could answer the homework question of a 5-year-old child. It turns out that they might be wrong. Just look for yourself at this assignment given to a kindergartener.
Royce Winnick shared a picture of her 5-year-old's fill-in-the-blank style homework assignment. The section has four images used as clues, with the first 3 being obvious three letter words that all start with the letter "T."
This is the work of Royce Winnick. She's a photographer with an eye for composition.
She wasn't very mathematically inclined, however, so this homework problem, assigned for her kindergartner, was giving her fits.When she shared the problem, little did she realize that the results would go viral.
It turns out that tons of people had the same reaction she did, which was essentially, "How are kids supposed to have any idea what this is about?The fourth image however, showing bunnies, had everyone especially stumped.
People were wondering how a kid is ever supposed to get that answer.
The responses were NOT on board with the result.
Winnick’s daughter guessed "pet," only to get the answer marked as "OK" by the teacher, although it was supposedly not the right answer.
Looking at the other problems doesn't reveal the same issue, does it?
Bear in mind this was for kindergartners.
If adults are completely stumped, it's possible that it could take a child's approach to doing it could be the right way to tackle it, but it's more likely they'd be even more stumped.I'm sure people could imagine far better uses for this sheet.
Like as a placemat. Or a paper hat. Or a paper ship. But they probably weren't thrilled to seeing their kids subjected to this sort of thing that's essentially unanswerable.Check out some more elementary math problems that may give you fits...if you care at all.
You'll walk away thinking kids are either way more brilliant than they've ever been, or just subjected to impossible testing in school. Possibly both!People love sharing their kids' impossible schoolwork online.
My nephews math homework for kindergarten. I don't know what to do! https://t.co/4dmWoF1wzk— Michael Polzin (@Michael Polzin)1506026506.0
Here's another one. They get pretty conceptual.
1st homework of @dcpublicschools Kindergarten and I already had to google. Is there a parent instruction book? https://t.co/xRhxr6i0mL— elizabethlatham (@elizabethlatham)1505258038.0
Many think that the homework burden most students carry is just far too much.
Kindergarten Homework: Yay or Nay https://t.co/e96S9A2Tqc https://t.co/N2SwyZgBDa— ESGIsoftware (@ESGIsoftware)1500584713.0