Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for April 10, 2019

Did she really write down the right answer?

Why we have illiterate graduates. Much of today’s curiculum has no value in anything but test results.

my kind of math…

This reminds me of the kid who had to solve a math equation. The instruction said “Find x,” He put a circle around it and wrote, “Here it is!”

The question is too vague.

A typical daft question.. trying to guess the intent of the question and not what it literally says.

I remember this from when my kids were little. That is the early version of the division question. So if they asked how many 5’s in 43, the answer is 8. When they started to ask divide 43 by 5, the answer was 8 with 3 remainder and then later it was 8.6. The version in the comic is the equivalent of what dividing and dropping any fractions.

I don’t see how this is funny -that is the correct answer, right?

The Answer is right, because the Question is wrong.

the masses be damned

The teacher cannot dispute that is the correct answer.

The question is not nearly as stupid as the person who wrote it….

The way it was written means the teacher expects every student to understand the intent. Any smart asses get a red mark for being wrong.

And the number of months in a year with 28 days is 12.

One of my grandmother’s cousins, then 11, was asked in Swedish, “How old are you?” She replied, “Tvo streck!” (Two streaks)

One. There is one five in fiftyfive.