It is very embarrassing. Not for me or us; for some random school teacher who marked a young student’s answer to a test question “wrong.” Moreover, the teacher’s explanation of Why the answer was “wrong” was even Continue reading ridiculous. The good news is the teacher’s ineptitude went viral —Six years later, it still happened.
Worse? Forgive me for generalizing, but the state of public education in 2022 is demonstrably worse than in 2016 — but we’ll get there in a minute. Preparation: First, laugh at yourself. Second, use your brain to make a list of things you don’t like. Third, don’t be afraid to get upset.
We are here.
The following math problem was recently shared to Reddit with the caption: “The American education system,” and it instantly incited a flurry of confusion — which should not have been the case for the even semi-intelligent among us. This is the question:
Reasonableness:Marty consumed 4/6 of Marty’s pizza, while Luis had 5/6. Marty had more pizza than Luis. What is the secret to this?
The student answered: “Marty’s pizza is bigger than Luis’s pizza.”
Note that the question wasn’t: “This is this possible.” It was: “How is this possible?”
It’s okay. The genius teacher disagreed, marking Marty’s answer with a big “X” for “wrong, adding:
This is impossible because 5/6 is more than 4/6, so Luis ate even more.
Umm…
— Orwell & Goode (@OrwellNGoode) February 19, 2022
Numerous people on Twitter also seemed baffled, with some posting comments like these:
Actually, the question itself is incorrect. It should have said “Marty n Luis had two different pizzas. Marty had 4/6 and Luis had 6/6. Marty had more pizza than Luis. How is that possible?”. This teacher is stupid.
Wait — who’s dumb? It was asked exactly how it was meant to be asked. Moreover, it is labeled “Reasonableness.” It is intended to force children to think outside of the box.
Actually, the question itself is wrong. It should have said “Marty n Luis had two different pizzas. Marty consumed 4/6 of Luis’s pizza, while Luis had 5/6. Marty had more pizza than Luis. How is that possible?”. This teacher is stupid.
— Washed One 🥋 (@Colton_Duke) February 20, 2022
Other Twitter-ers suggested Marty’s pieces were bigger than Luis’s pieces, which immediately reminded me of one New York Yankee great Yogi Berra’s many Yogi-isms. As the Hall-of-Famer told the tale, after he was asked by a server in a pizza joint if he’d rather have his pizza cut into four or six pieces, Yogi responded: “You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.”
In the slim chance that any of you RedStaters are anywhere near as baffled as the people I described above were, the size of the pieces is irrelevant — unless Marty’s pizza is larger than Luis’s. So, the poor little kid’s answer was correct, and the dumbass know-it-all teacher was hilariously wrong — for all the interwebs to see.
While there are many wonderful and dedicated teachers all over America, they do everything to ensure that our children get the best possible education. The above example of an idiotic teacher is, however, a great representation ofOnly a tiny fractionof the total failure of the American educational system. They should immediately be fired. He or she should be fired immediately, not for their ridiculously incorrect response to the question about pizza. But for being as inept as possible. Of course, that cannot happen. (See: “pathetic, dictatorial, teachers unions.”)
An American Thinker piece titled “What we have here is a failure to educate,”Ned Cosby, contributor:
Does the USA have the potential to be a military superpower in 2022? Yes. Are the US’s 2022 economy superpowers? Yes. Does the USA have a future as a world superpower for public education in 2022? Not hardly or, as Biden likes to say, “C’mon man!”
Why isn’t America a superpower in terms of public education? Don’t we pay a lot of money for public education in America? We are right near the top in terms of what we pay per student but, alas, we don’t get much bang for our bucks.
While I’m not sure America is a “superpower” in Everything under hapless Joe Biden, Cosby’s questions and assertion in the second paragraph are spot-on.
U.S. public schools rank below or mediocre according to the International Student Assessment 2021 Program. Cosby noted that the U.S. ranks thirteenth worldwide in reading and 18th in science and math. “A pitiful 38th.” Meanwhile, teachers unions across America are far more concerned with COVID mandates, critical race theory, and systemic racism. We saw this in Loudoun County (Virginia), Chicago and elsewhere throughout the United States.
Is it any wonder that America’s parents have had enough?
Oh — I almost forgot. Do you remember the moronic Oregon governor? Kate Brown eliminated the math, reading and writing proficiency requirements for high school graduation in July 2021. High School graduation? Me, too.
Meanwhile, all this talk of pizza made me hungry for the stuff — although not That you are not hungry.
So, when I order it, I’m gonna only have it cut into two pieces.
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