Student Paper Howlers

[Garp]

Originally Posted by SidewinderINC

Sometimes why the people that have the highest grades from school are ultimately useless in the real world.

That was the biggest ongoing complaint from the teachers where I worked. They were so frustrated that they had to spend so much time cramming fact after fact into kids heads rather than teaching them basics like critical thinking.

[Treefrog]

ROFLMFAO @ putting big dames in the Mississippi

[Joe 90]

That's fantastic. I especially liked "expand 2(x+y)"!

It reminded me of my gcse mock exams. In the graphic design exam one question required the drawing of an elipse. A friend of mine couldn't remember how they were drawn so instead drew an isometric Christmas present - with coloured wrapping paper!!

[Wossi]

Originally Posted by semi-pro waster

I'm not entirely convinced of the veracity of some of them, nor that the correct interpretation of them is that the exams were too much for the students - some of the answers are borderline genius, if I had the wit I'd have answered a few papers like that when I didn't care about the result.

My favourite has to be:
Q: "How does Romeo's character develop throughout the play?"
A: "It doesn't, it's just self, self, self, all the way through."
How to dismiss Shakespeare in one line.

Was talking to my sister about these last night and it was this one she picked up on. As an English teacher she told me that Shakespeare questions haven't been in Key Stage 3 for a while now and that technically the answer is correct.

Imo, it doesn't show that people can't even answer dumbed down questions as most of them look either fake or just have spelling errors.

Usual crap from the DM if you ask me.

[Fayshun]

I read some of those in a joke book when I was about 8.

Daily Fail.

[Kitten]

Well it's not the daily fail really, they are excerpts from a newly published book... Says so right there in the article!

Wasn't the story I was posting for - which is why I said the story was scandal mongering in the OP so there's nothing new about saying that the surrounding story might not be true! Also says 'worst ever' not 'worst of last 5 years'. Still think some of the answers are brilliant

[divine]

Originally Posted by Joe 90

That's fantastic. I especially liked "expand 2(x+y)"

Either that answer isn't very unique or there is some fabrication occuring:

[Jingo]

Originally Posted by Fayshun

I read some of those in a joke book when I was about 8. Daily Fail.

I think the 'expanding equation' one was originally shown in the legendary Emails of Old™ depicted in tablets of stone along with a silent film of 'Star Wars Kid' and a lithograph of an owl expressing the words "Oh Really?"

Still, older than the internet or not - all these children deserve praise for risking their qualifications for the amusement of others on t'interwebs

[divine]

There are only about 4 or 5 different styles of handwriting too, so I suspect some have been rewritten, perhaps due to copyright preventing them using the original images? There are a few there that have been around before but in a different style.

[Joe 90]

Originally Posted by divine

Either that answer isn't very unique or there is some fabrication occuring:

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haha, in every instance it wont ever fail to amuse me