In fourth grade, i got in trouble for knowing what negative numbers were.
the math problem was something like 3-5=? and i had seen an odd squad episode on negative numbers the day before, so i put down -2 as my answer.
then one of the kids in my class who was looking at my paper(i'm pretty sure she was cheating because i always passed my math tests) and called the teacher over, and tattled on me putting down a negative number. when i explained my logic my teacher got mad at me, saying that i should have put down 0 and not -2, and she said, in her own words, "even though its correct, i'm marking it as wrong, because i haven't taught you guys negative numbers yet, have i? no i haven't, because you guys are supposed to learn them NEXT YEAR. so hopefully you learn your lesson on only using the methods that i've taught you to use, not the ones you learn on tv. actually, you should go clip down!"
so basically, i got in trouble for watching pbs kids and knowing what negative numbers were a year before i was supposed to learn them
the math problem was something like 3-5=? and i had seen an odd squad episode on negative numbers the day before, so i put down -2 as my answer.
then one of the kids in my class who was looking at my paper(i'm pretty sure she was cheating because i always passed my math tests) and called the teacher over, and tattled on me putting down a negative number. when i explained my logic my teacher got mad at me, saying that i should have put down 0 and not -2, and she said, in her own words, "even though its correct, i'm marking it as wrong, because i haven't taught you guys negative numbers yet, have i? no i haven't, because you guys are supposed to learn them NEXT YEAR. so hopefully you learn your lesson on only using the methods that i've taught you to use, not the ones you learn on tv. actually, you should go clip down!"
so basically, i got in trouble for watching pbs kids and knowing what negative numbers were a year before i was supposed to learn them