My Boys Homework - Teacher wrong ?

[bentleybloke]

you mean 2, of course

A deliberate error of course. Go to the top of the class.

[TraceyHand]

My 11 year old has just read the OP and summed it up.
"The teacher is thick!"

pmsl

Out of the mouths of babes, eh?
(although I'm sure your 11 year old wouldn't appreciate being called a 'babe'!)

[Darren B]

Hmmm i have written my response in the comments book, and left it expecting a reply by asking - who corrected the answer?

Dont get me started about the twatt mp and dyslexia

[Mark H]

The pedant in me can't resist this one....

I read the intent of the question as an attempt to ascertain the quantity of pieces, not a measure of length of the pieces, hence 5 would be the correct answer.

Either way, the answers would be 5 or 2cm.

5cm is not an answer to either interpretation.

And while we're at it, I was told recently that teachers are pronouncing H as haitch, not aitch.

[gabrielcrowe]

i have dyslopsia.

hurts.

darkness.

[acompton]

Darren: An important lesson in life as a parent: Primary school teachers are never, ever wrong.

[TraceyHand]

Darren: An important lesson in life as a parent: Primary school teachers are never, ever wrong.

rubbish

Challenge them! Make sure they (or someone more senior to them!) KNOW they were wrong and then maybe, just maybe, they'll teach the next pupil correctly!!

[chris ashdown]

Why have they singled out 10cm why can it not be 9.99999555 ?

[Sean Williams]

And while we're at it, I was told recently that teachers are pronouncing H as haitch, not aitch.

Now I'm cross - all these things are a pet hate of mine.

Darren - the teacher should be asked to justify their correction, just to give him/her the opportunity, before you rap their knuckles with the ruler, slap the back of their knees, clip them round the ear and make them face the corner, outside the Head's office.

I'm calm, really

[Sean Williams]

They teach times tables at my boys' primary!

And my girl's. Hurray!

Awkwardly, my daughter is being taught in Welsh until 7, so I can't tell what the teacher has written, which rather deflates my automatic high dudgeon

[grantglendinnin]

Remember not to have any sweeteners or nuts before you go, you're not allowed them before school nowadays

[kathynewman]

This teacher needs to go back to school him/herself.

The fact that the questions start with "how many" means that the answer has to be a number not a measure - therefore 5 is correct.

To get to the question 5cm - the question would have had to be if you cut a 10cm piece of tape into 2 equal lengths what does each piece measure.

[george]

Relax Daz, you cant judge a person on one error.


Seriously.





I actually admire the teaching profession, its a very difficult job nowadays in my opinion.

[Sean Williams]

I actually admire the teaching profession, its a very difficult job nowadays in my opinion.

I completely agree - I think our primary is marvellous - a real commitment to the children and their learning.

However, there are standards and I think the Question in question and the 'Shoping' are sad proof that standards have fallen - these are both school errors, which seems to indicate the teachers involved weren't properly educated themselves....

So I really do feel we should challenge these failures - it can be done nicely of course - no need to be confrontational.

[leehack]

It must be very difficult being a teacher I agree. I cannot imagine trying to teach a group of children something at the same time as learning some basic English and Maths myself.

All joking apart, this could be a human error and very isolated, so hard to condemn. Instead of ripping him/her apart on a ecommerce forum, why don't we all go to the school and throw eggs and rotten tomatoes instead.