<p>Was advanced math the only place that required right answers?<br>
This must work in English too–spelling is “close enough”, some “ballpark” History (bad example since they change that all the time anyways).
My kid got marked wrong on such questions as “If you have 10 marbles and give your brother some, how many do you have left?” Right answer: 5
My kid’s answer: 9 ( Why? I only gave him one!) Obviously, there was no reason to share halfsies with a brother…
I dreaded anything to do with word problems–I only know the people writing them weren’t the brightest crayon in the box. I was pretty sure that the textbook was a plot to undermine the education of our youth and the sanity of their parents.</p>