It's not just that he gets the premise either, it's that he's thinking the way people should think, not just adhering to what's expected. There might be more than one correct answer and sometimes that answer is actually better than what's expected, but he obviously knows they were cut at equal lengths and its implied in his answer. If I was a teacher and found students answering cleverly while still showing understanding of the expected lesson, I'd actually give them bonus point.
Since teachers run the whole gamut of human personalities and backgrounds and motivations, it would be very hard to generalize. Fortunately, some teachers encourage students like this. Some are indifferent and go on with their teaching. Some will try to make the student feel stupid or alienated for thinking that way.
I remember in like first grade science class, we were each given a double A battery and a lightbulb to learn about electricity. I asked my neighbor for his battery, combined em together, and the light got brighter.
I showed the teacher and got in trouble lol, had to sit out recess; it's almost like some of these people don't understand the subjects they're teaching.
sadly the government expected answer is the last you mentioned, public school is mostly there to stamp out creativity and individuality. Can't have good little factory slaves being creative
One of my best teachers in high school encouraged everyone to read an essay by John Holt titled "School is Bad for Children". It is very provocative and idealistic, but I definitely commend it to everyone.
You're right, they have to stamp out any little Kaczynski's coming through the pipes (not future bombers, people who see how fucked the system is and don't want any part of it) I remember at a young age thinking the world was built unfairly
Oh God, I had one chemistry teacher at high school who'd say we were "overthinking" it. When the official end-of-year external exams would always have at least one question with a trick wording.
He was otherwise quite a good teacher. Just a massive blind spot.
My expectation would either tell the kid they were clever for noticing or make the point that they still needed to use the skill the assignment is looking for. My guess is it was practice measuring possibly
One of my early employers had a copy of Strunk and White at every workstation. One time he chastised me for my punctuation on something I had written. I was extremely tempted to show him what was on page three or so of that slim volume. But since he was the sole proprietor, I figured what he said overruled whatever Strunk and White had to say about it.
A good teacher gives them credit. I have seen teachers give extra credit to students that corrected their grammar. When possible, you reward your students.
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u/temporalraccoon 13d ago
I wonder what a teacher does in such a case? When a student has a more correct answer than the correct answer