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Similar problem from a local school: "__ - 9 = 9" The teacher would accept 9 or 0 as an answer, not 18. A parent (with math degree even) who was volunteering p
by tropo 10y ago
Similar problem from a local school: "__ - 9 = 9"
The teacher would accept 9 or 0 as an answer, not 18. A parent (with math degree even) who was volunteering pointed out that 18 is correct. The teacher ruled against this, arguing that 18 was unacceptable because math with 2-digit numbers hadn't been covered yet.
This was at a "good" school, in a county full of nerds.
Such logic. Poor kids... and people wonder why kids hate math and give up on it.
- glandium 10y agoHow do they justify 0 or 9 as an answer? 9 - 9 is not 9, neither is 0 - 9.
- tropo 10y agoYeah... I suppose the "logic" is that stuff involving 9 could connect up with stuff involving 0 or 9. Since all other 1-digit answers seem more distantly related, and the answer has to be 1-digit because 2-digit hasn't been covered, 0 and 9 are the most attractive answers and therefore correct. ??? Remember, that was a class with smart kids in a school in a good area. Imagine what it might be like in not-so-good areas or in the classes that aren't for smart kids. People who truly hate math are teaching. My sister-in-law is an example. She got a "degree" in "early childhood education". It's a joke. The hardest math she had to pass was algebra, as is taught in 7th grade. Boy did she complain about that class. She thought it was really hard to pass algebra. I'm horrified she got more than halfway through high school without it, yet there she was, taking it in college. Teachers have serious credential inflation. Many have Master's degrees... but are those degrees worth anything?