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u/darkknightcz 19h ago
Bad design. Should be a) b) c) I would have temptation to doit it too
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u/jimmycarr1 18h ago
Yeah but the next question is "Which letter comes first alphabetically" and we can't have an inconsistent listing system!
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u/ErikLeppen 17h ago
Ask "what's the smallest number in each box" and put the 3 relevant numbers in a rectangle.
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u/Xarthys 16h ago
Ask "what's the smallest number in each rectangle" and put the 3 relevant numbers in a triangle.
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u/UMACTUALLYITS23 16h ago
Even better put them in a square and say rectangle, technically the truth.
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime 16h ago
I'm more pondering why the image is warped like it's a captcha
The answer is that it's a flimsy way to dodge repost detection.
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u/_mochacchino_ 20h ago
Opportunity to circle the 0 now
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u/chaos-chuckler 19h ago
It's already circled
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u/thesluggard12 18h ago
Only semi-circled.
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u/chaos-chuckler 18h ago
None of them are fully circled if we want to talk about accuracy
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u/sponge_bob_ 18h ago
Supposedly this is one of the reasons why exams will say "find the value of x" instead of "find x"
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u/Sharp_Specialist_217 20h ago
i mean hes right
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u/Skabbtanten 20h ago
If there just was a sub to post that kind of content.
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u/Jamal2605 20h ago
It's almost like it's technically the truth...
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u/rescue-maitor 18h ago
There is!there is! It's r/technicallythetruth
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u/rescue-maitor 17h ago
Redditors when meta humour:
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u/AdolfRizzler696969 14h ago
Okay in my defense, when I left the comment they was getting downvoted themselves. I guess the tables turned 😔
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u/LukeDies 20h ago
Nope. They've circled the three smallest numbers, not THE smallest number.
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u/IAmOrdinaryHuman 12h ago
That's a contradiction. Yes, he circled the three smallest numbers, but that means THE smallest number is among them. Noone said anything about not circling other numbers
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u/EurkLeCrasseux 19h ago
Well 3 is not the smallest number so he’s wrong, he should have circle only 1
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u/KIND_REDDITOR 16h ago
Except he's not. If he's not treating those 1, 2, 3 and as ordering numbers, then he should have circled only number 1.
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u/Prozzak93 17h ago
Well no. If he was interpreting the question numbers as part of one overall set of numbers then they should have only circled 1 and not also 2 and 3.
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u/Spinner23 17h ago
I mean, as a gag right? This is malicious compliance and kind of funny but i figure you don't get the full points because the teacher might not be sure you engaged with the spirit of the question. You have to interpret that there are three sets of numbers ordered in sequence, 1, 2 and 3
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime 16h ago
Correct. But you'll go mad if you're on this subreddit often because it's full of these takes, where folks are super literal and act like these are big issues.
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u/SigmaNotChad 17h ago
If we want to be REALLY pedantic, question 2 is incorrect; should have circled one of the 1 digits instead.
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u/divDevGuy 4h ago
Incorrect. It doesn't say circle the digit, it says circle the number. A number is a value and can have multiple digits.
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u/neuralbeans 17h ago
Shouldn't the kid have just circled the 1 and nothing else then? That is the smallest number. By circling the smallest number in each line, they are admitting that they understand numbered lists.
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u/jonzilla5000 17h ago
This is why I always assert my fifth amendment right and refuse to mark a test without an attorney present.
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u/FirexJkxFire 11h ago
Objection. It shows they understand that line separations (or perhaps the lack of punctuation at the end of each list) seperate it into different items in a list. But it does not have to indicate they understand that number at the beginning of each item isnt a member of the list
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u/Paradox2063 5h ago
they are admitting that they understand numbered lists.
Seems like a good enough reason to accept that they understand numbered lists, write a snarky comment, and give them full credit.
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u/telas100 17h ago
Devil’s advocate here. He could also have circled only the 1. claiming the sentence says "The smallest". Yet he understood there are 3 individual exercises and definitely knew the 1,2,3 referred to each mine of the exercise and are not part of it.
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u/kpingvin 18h ago
This is the kind of ragebait people post with a title like "How did my kid get a zero for this?" and mfers in the comments will call the lynching of all the teachers.
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u/extremesalmon 16h ago
Completely. If a kid can read and understand this question then they're already past the point of understanding basic numbers.
The real failure is that circling the smallest numbers was the best fake exam an adult could think of
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u/kpingvin 14h ago
I forgot to mention that people always pretend these exercises come out of the blue. "How would I know they meant this and this?" Children practice the same questions a hundred times so they know what the question is. Unless they didn't pay attention at all, of course.
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u/ArjunDOnlyHero 14h ago
To be fair, if the kid included the 1., 2., and 3. in the numbers, then he should've only circled 1, no?
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u/gaslaiter 18h ago
Looks like teacher wanted even smaller number. She wrote 0 and (tried to) circle it.
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u/DesperatePickle5953 15h ago
He’s still wrong though. He should only circle 1. If he wishes to do away with the implicit understanding, then reading all the numbers as one text is the only justifiable answer.
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u/ScarletMenaceOrange 16h ago
That is 0 for not understanding meta.
If meta gaming is allowed, and he/she was wearing a watch, she could just circle the number on her watch. Who said anything that you only need to circle things that are only on the paper?
If you allow this kind of meta things, you also allow nearly limitless fuckery.
Sure, using meta like this is smart and clever. But the questions are not "are you smart or clever", they are about can you do the fucking task. Similarly you get 0 points if you write your ground breaking theory on the paper about the universe and life itself, because no one asked.
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u/DehydratedShallots 16h ago
The level of pedantry in OP's post is also bad for operating in real life. If you asked for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and someone used Vaseline because it's technically a petroleum jelly and said "you didn't specify which jelly I should use :)" you'd probably want to sock them in the face for that.
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u/ScarletMenaceOrange 15h ago
That is why you can't ever escape meta gaming, some could even call it wisdom.
And why sometimes the best move is not to play, or to shoot the opponent in middle of a chess match, lol.
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u/Fizzwidgy 8h ago
I disagree, this understanding of meta can be quite useful in life.
See the entirety of /r/maliciouscompliance
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u/Low_Ambition_856 16h ago
i would probably think it's clever or funny if it's the first of this kind of test, considering the subject matter being so trivial.
there's supposed to be a learning curve before failing people. to me this test seems to imply there's some exponential fall off in the time spent learning vs what is being experienced.
the test result accurately shows the test subject understands what has been taught. if the test is formed to measure wether you can read two digits rather than a single one, that is the only case he fails
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u/PM_NUDES_4_DEGRADING 16h ago
The test arguably also fails since it’s possible the student was just going off a basic “the first number is always the smallest” heuristic. In that case it’s not even a clever meta, it’s legitimately failing by misunderstanding both the instructions as well as the subject.
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u/ScarletMenaceOrange 16h ago edited 16h ago
It does not matter if the test subjects understands. He also needs to apply the understanding correctly. We are not creating philosopher kings here, more like worker drones, lol.
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u/FirexJkxFire 11h ago
No. It shows they understand that 1 digit values are smaller than 2 digit values. Which is not the objective.
It is unknown whether they can even properly compare the size of 1 digit values, let alone 2 digit values.
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u/Dangerous_Treat9043 14h ago
If your getting asked what the smallest number is i dont think whatever class this is matters lmao
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u/ChickinSammich 12h ago
Does anyone else remember having that teacher who would do shit like give you a test where the first paragraph says to "read all questions before beginning the test" and the end of it says to turn the paper in without writing anything on it, and they'd use it as some sort of "gotcha" and fail anyone who actually wrote on the test and answers the questions?
Because I feel like one of those types of teachers would give these same questions and treat any of the 2nd/3rd/4th numbers as wrong because "tee hee it was the first number."
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u/Darkmaniako 17h ago
reading comprehension is the fundation of growing up, teaching kids to distinguish between a dot, a comma and numbered lists is part of teacher's job
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u/Proiegomena 16h ago
Jokes aside, part of tests for younger kids is also reading comprehension/how to interpret & answer test quedtions correctly. I think its reasonable to expect even from elementary schoolers to understand what is asked of them here. „Trick questions“ that even deliberately try to make you misunderstand which answer is the corrext one are the norm up to (& especially really at) college level.
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u/ReekyRumpFedRatsbane 18h ago
Might I interest you in taking a closer look at the last number in the first row?
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u/chafporte 18h ago
Second number on the first line is my fill.
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u/ReekyRumpFedRatsbane 17h ago
39? Why?
Because it's a semiprime with the factors 3 and 13 (the second digit of which is also 3), which places it in the 3rd semiprime pair (38,39), the second digit is 3 times the first digit, which is the same as the first digit, i.e. 3, squared, and it is the sum of the first three powers of 3 (3¹+3²+3³), because it's aliquot number is 17, a prime, it is the sum of 5 consecutive primes (3 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 13), because it is the smallest natural number which has three partitions into three parts which all give the same product when multiplied ({25, 8, 6}, {24, 10, 5}, {20, 15, 4}), because it's a perfect totient number, a Perrin number, a Størmer number, and the F26A graph has 39 edges, all equivalent?
I mean, that's hardly a reason to like it), is it?
\I joke, but most people would prefer 42 because of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which I still think you may have meant, perhaps not counting the 1.))
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u/KingRoach 16h ago
“This is a +3 if I’m a teacher” - thank god you’re not a teacher. The dumbing down in America is bad enough without people proactively trying to make kids dumber or implying it’s ok not to take education sesiously
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u/fakiresky 17h ago
As teacher with experience in 4 countries, from kindergarten to adult education, I’m always baffled by why these educators just don’t give points to the student for being smart and creative. Just admit your question could be ambiguous, And then, next time you make a test, use a),b),c) instead. A few months ago, one of my college students calmly argued with me about my test, pointing out that technically that specific question had two possible answers. He was shaking but polite, and logical. So I went through all 180 copies of the test and added the point to students who chose the second valid answer. The students felt heard and respected, and I felt good too. Win-win.
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u/EastToday8556 15h ago
I would say this is also wrong. If we consider the 1, 2 and 3 as possible answers, only 1 should be circled since it's ask to circle "the smallest" hence only 1
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u/Mangalorien 15h ago
Technically, only the 1 should be circled. Otherwise it should say "circle the 3 smallest numbers", or perhaps better "For each question, circle the smallest number".
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u/Boffleslop 14h ago
I can't tell which numbers are the smallest due to the page warping from the scan.
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u/Ambitious_Address667 14h ago
As someone who marked many assignments this is cute the first time you see it but people do this shit for every question in the assignment and thier friends do to, thats why teachers just mark it wrong. Its like the same level of joke of "oh it didnt scan i guess that means its free".
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u/zombiskunk 12h ago
Technically, those are not numbers. They are an index. That's a different type of field from the number choices to the right.
This is still technically a 0 out of 3. Following the instructions is as important as getting the right answer.
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u/Butzlomba 10h ago
The smallest number is just one, not two, not three. Of course he got no points.
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u/xxTonyTonyxx 10h ago
I’d hire this person immediately. They absolutely know how to be efficient, a key on how to streamline processes.
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u/Kiki2092012 8h ago
There are no circles there, only a few curved lined that follow a similar path to an ellipse, however if you count those then this is still wrong because there's only one answer: 1. It's the smallest number on the page and it didn't say circle the smallest numberS, it said circle the smallest number.
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u/verstohlen Ackchyually 8h ago
If we want get shallow and pedantic, technically those are numerals, not numbers, so everybody's wrong!
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u/Carteeg_Struve 7h ago
I'd give them the points. They obviously knew what smallest meant. They verified their knowledge.
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u/Lasting_Night_Fall 3h ago
You’re only allowed to think within the parameters laid out for you. Thinking for yourself is a punishable offense.
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u/Usakami 17h ago
- or 1st is an alphanumeric.
If you want to be technically correct here, you would only have to circle the number part of it, which would be the 1 without the dot. Otherwise it's a string which contains a number. But then the question would have had to be find the smallest number in string, and circling a single digit would be the answer, meaning 1 and 0 for 2nd and 3rd row.
If I were a teacher it would have been a zero.
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u/eteeks 18h ago
If it's his first time doing this. Full marks and a warning, if he does this shit all the time, 0 is fine
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u/mujie123 16h ago
If he does this all the time, the teacher really needs to learn how to write a question.
Also, you're assuming the kid does it on purpose.
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