I literally had that experience in grade 2. The class was asked a negative numbers question, I answered the question correctly but the answer was “impossible”. I wasn’t reamed out but I was shut down hard so I wouldn’t confuse the other kids.
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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ll take “that happened” for 100, please.
bluebadoo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Also had a similar experience. 2 of us in class knew negative numbers, teacher told us our answers are wrong and that the answer is “impossible”, plus “you’re not supposed to know that yet”.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I actually kind of believe it, because kindergarten/elementary teachers are often from arts & humanities backgrounds, and it’s not at all rare to find one who never passed a high school STEM class.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Can you fail all your STEM classes and graduate high school?