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You didn't read the article carefully enough. He asked them: Recognize that multiple answers can be correct and mark my daughter correct. They responded with:

You didn't read the article carefully enough. He asked them: Recognize that multiple answers can be correct and mark my daughter correct. They responded with: Only one can be correct, period. The wrong-doing is 100% with the school administration. Also, telling children: "You're not supposed to have this knowledge." is down-right despicable on a personal level.

yongjik 11y ago
I agree the school behaved very poorly, but that doesn't mean the father was being reasonable. By "not supposed to know", I mean the other students should not be penalized for not knowing exponentiation. If marking down his daughter is despicable, so is marking down every other children for not having a father who can afford to hire a lawyer for their grades. The way I read it, he decided it's OK to give the same injustice his daughter received to every other children, because they are not his children, after all. I don't think that's the kind of parental role children needs, and I don't want to be such a parent. (Well, luckily for me, I can't afford lawyer for such matters, and my kids have no danger of having a five-week 100% streak on math problems, let alone five years, so I guess that point is moot...)
- Mithaldu 11y ago
  You're still not understanding the crux of the issue here. There are two possible ways to handle this: 1. A text question can have multiple correct answers. Great, accept that, mark her as correct, everyone else too, everyone gets to be happy. 2. A text question can have only one single correct answer. In that case she was correct and everyone else was not. Period. End of game. -- And here's why the father was reasonable: He did offer them option 1. He did ask for that. The school administration refused it. It was their choice. They were being unreasonable, not the father. Also, yes, marking the other children down is despicable, however this was the choice of the school, not the choice of the father. All he told them was "mark her correct". The schools response to not simply do that and actually mark everyone else down is despicable, and they deserve all the misfortune he had the power to bring upon them, and more. "I only followed orders." has not been acceptable for a LONG time now.
  - yongjik 11y ago
    I guess we will have to agree to disagree. A math exam in a grade school is not an end in itself. It's a tool to assess how much each student learned and how well the school system is functioning. Your choice 2 is not reasonable at all, and in fact many more parents will be angry if they're told "Your kid was marked incorrect because they didn't know something we won't teach for another two years." It will also be a very poor educational experience.
    - Mithaldu 11y ago
      It is not reasonable at all, but it is what currently is the reality. The current school system is brokena nd unreasonable. And it wasn't chosen by the father, it was chosen by the school system. If many parents will indeed be angry, then they should, and they should be at the school system. Being angry at the father is just the short-sighted and ignorant "let's go for the closest target" knee-jerk reaction.

yongjik 11y ago

I agree the school behaved very poorly, but that doesn't mean the father was being reasonable. By "not supposed to know", I mean the other students should not be penalized for not knowing exponentiation. If marking down his daughter is despicable, so is marking down every other children for not having a father who can afford to hire a lawyer for their grades. The way I read it, he decided it's OK to give the same injustice his daughter received to every other children, because they are not his children, after all. I don't think that's the kind of parental role children needs, and I don't want to be such a parent. (Well, luckily for me, I can't afford lawyer for such matters, and my kids have no danger of having a five-week 100% streak on math problems, let alone five years, so I guess that point is moot...)

Mithaldu 11y ago
You're still not understanding the crux of the issue here. There are two possible ways to handle this: 1. A text question can have multiple correct answers. Great, accept that, mark her as correct, everyone else too, everyone gets to be happy. 2. A text question can have only one single correct answer. In that case she was correct and everyone else was not. Period. End of game. -- And here's why the father was reasonable: He did offer them option 1. He did ask for that. The school administration refused it. It was their choice. They were being unreasonable, not the father. Also, yes, marking the other children down is despicable, however this was the choice of the school, not the choice of the father. All he told them was "mark her correct". The schools response to not simply do that and actually mark everyone else down is despicable, and they deserve all the misfortune he had the power to bring upon them, and more. "I only followed orders." has not been acceptable for a LONG time now.
- yongjik 11y ago
  I guess we will have to agree to disagree. A math exam in a grade school is not an end in itself. It's a tool to assess how much each student learned and how well the school system is functioning. Your choice 2 is not reasonable at all, and in fact many more parents will be angry if they're told "Your kid was marked incorrect because they didn't know something we won't teach for another two years." It will also be a very poor educational experience.
  - Mithaldu 11y ago
    It is not reasonable at all, but it is what currently is the reality. The current school system is brokena nd unreasonable. And it wasn't chosen by the father, it was chosen by the school system. If many parents will indeed be angry, then they should, and they should be at the school system. Being angry at the father is just the short-sighted and ignorant "let's go for the closest target" knee-jerk reaction.