Parents are baffled by the “infuriating” homework their 4-year-old brought home: “Why do teachers do this to kids?”
- The father could not figure out the answer to his son’s homework in kindergarten
- The exercise asked the child to identify the words from the illustration
A man was baffled by ‘unreasonably complicated’ homework in kindergarten after a child brought home a confusing worksheet.
The task asked the 4-year-old to select several items from their illustrations and write their names.
But drawing an adult rabbit with hare fluff caused a lot of controversy.
The first three questions for the exercise were simple and showed pictures of a bathtub, the number “10”, and a spinning top.
One of the guidelines stated that no words should be longer than four letters.
A man was baffled by ‘unreasonably complicated’ homework in kindergarten after a child brought home a confusing worksheet. The answer most people think is “pet”
The guy asked for help in a popular online community at reddit.
He shared a picture of the worksheet that appeared to focus on the letter “T” with his son’s answers to the previous questions.
The man wrote: “This is my son’s homework in kindergarten.” “What is this 3-4 letter word?”
Support came in from thousands, with some offering possible solutions to the problem.
One parent said, “You should be a pet.” These types of worksheets try to make the last one more difficult by swapping the letter sound to the end of the word to try to get the child off.
Another woman agreed, citing the silhouette of the other page of the worksheet.
It’s a pet for sure! You can see on the other side of the worksheet that the last ‘S’ (after ‘sad’ and ‘sun’) is clearly a ‘bus’. They are definitely looking for a ‘pet’ with the final ‘T’ .
Others had different options that the father could try instead.
“The answer could be simple — but that might be too imaginative for a child.”
“It doesn’t have a ‘T’ but is ‘bunny’ a possibility?”
Baby bunnies are sometimes called “packs” – it’s an appropriate term but not really colloquial. I don’t know if children are expected to know that.
“Maybe it’s small.”
Many parents are similarly frustrated about the homework their children bring home
Many others squirmed with frustration and admitted they didn’t put the puzzle together right away.
One mother said, “My kids had rabbits as pets and I still haven’t figured it out from that photo.”
Is it Trabipet? (sic) or tbunny? (sic).
Why didn’t they choose something more straightforward? hat. cat. paddle. Who would do this to a child?
“I have a degree in physics, but I couldn’t tell you what the hell was going on here.”
“PhD of neuroscience and mental breakdown trying to understand what the hell was being asked of these kids.”
Some parents have shared similarly frustrating stories of homework their kids brought home.
“The first grader’s dad here…he’s an idiot.” My son went to Kindergarten reading brilliantly and is now stuck on words that contain silent letters because he was taught to click on them pointlessly.
Another added: “These teachers are asking too much of the children and their parents.”
Somewhere in my phone is a picture from years ago of my son’s 2nd grade math review with direction: straight figure division.
