Kids often end up writing some hilarious answers in exams to the questions they can’t solve. For instance, in a history exam, a question was asked, “What ended in 1896?” To which a student answered “1895”. In another exam a math question read, “How to change centimeters to meters?” And a student answered, “You remove ‘centi'”!
Some answers coming from kids in an exam leave people in splits. But sometimes, these young minds turn out to be as thoughtful as funny they can be. Just like this 7th-grade student who is winning praise for an absolutely ‘out of the box’ take on a math problem.
So the math problem gave Rs 18000 as the amount a woman earns in the span of 15 months. It required students to calculate the amount the woman earns in one and seven months. Also, the number of months she will take to earn Rs. 30,000.
The student solved the problem step by step correctly by applying the required formula. And, after solving it, the 7th-grade kid wrote, “This woman worker is underpaid.”
It is a Maths question. But look at the last line. This student is thinking beyond arithmetic. Teacher who shared this with me; her joy is unbound 😌 #education #criticalthinking #reasoning pic.twitter.com/q1kUAUK4Xr
— Rajagopal CV (@rajagopalcv) March 12, 2019
Someone shared a picture of the unidentified student’s answer sheet on Twitter which went viral within no time. The student became a social media sensation soon with netizens heaping praise on his thoughtful concern.
Student with not just a brain but an Outlook of the world too.
You earned my respect buddy 👏👏🙏🙏— IamTiara_ (@Tiara_tia25) March 13, 2019
Hope we have more such sensitive students who learn to link science(and knowledge) with humanity. Thanks for sharing this.
— Roshan (@RoshanReach) March 13, 2019
This is exactly why continuous evaluation can be the only fair way of evaluating children and not giant public tests.
— Shreya Roy Chowdhury (@ShreyaR_C) March 12, 2019
That is called VALUE BASED EDUCATION.
— ASHVINI KULKARNI (@ashsunanda) March 14, 2019
Great student and great thinking.full marks from me😍
— Kirandeep kaur( one panjaban)🏳️🌈 (@696e0b1705af4fb) March 13, 2019
That's beyond any kind of exam. The thing is that student is very kind and humane and sensitive. OMG I just amaze by this type
of mentality!! #education#humanity— Nilojyoti Sahoo (@rtevb) March 13, 2019
While the endless debate on gender pay gap remains rife in the society, young minds thinking loud and clear about the issue is certainly a positive sign for the future.