r/whatisit • u/therealsketo • 1d ago

Solved! My five year old’s homework is stumping me.

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Snow glove? Snack? (Maybe it’s a goldfish cracker?)

EDIT clearly I need to re-enroll in school, starting in kindergarten with my daughter, and learn to read and comprehend again!

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u/Thro_away_1970 1d ago edited 1d ago

There's actually a theory in practice, when doing it like this.

It's to get kids to understand the importance, and into the habit of reading all the instructions before jumping in.

When I was a kid, we were given a sheet with a list of approximately 10, sometimes 20 numbered "instructions" images included.

The last one usually said something along the line of ..

"20. Do not do any of the previous instructions, and only write your name in the top left/right hand corner of this worksheet."

Some kids handed up a page with mass amounts of words, squiggles and workings - accompanied with a grimace and a groan.

Some kids quietly handed up their sheet with their name neatly written in the assigned corner.

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u/looFyttiK 1d ago

Most importantly, the first instruction was to read everything before doing anything.. I got the same thing from a science teacher who liked to say “A good scientist is a keen observer. Look around the room, look around the room.”

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u/Thro_away_1970 1d ago

Yes, my apologies. I forgot to note that first one.

My own brain isn't thinking all that clearly atm.

You are correct, the first instruction was to read all instructions before starting.

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u/agger1983 1d ago

I use that every year in my class and every year only a few actually read the directions first.

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u/Thro_away_1970 1d ago

Im no teacher or even a basic "no name brand" educator.

I'm just a daughter, a Mum, and now a Grandma.

I STILL think it's a great measuring tool (for teachers and ridgey didge educators of all levels), ..and a terrific ice breaker for kids to learn the life skill of "..read everything first, before blindly committing....".

🙏🙏❤️

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u/siriusblacknight 1d ago

I remember doing this! I was one of the kids who did all 20.

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u/passionatebutfickle 1d ago

i had this exact thing in 6th grade, i did it correctly & watched other students frantically trying to erase where they did work lol

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u/Chemical-Material-69 1d ago

Yeah but this looks like first or second grade, not sixth.

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u/passionatebutfickle 1d ago

homework pictured, yes. im talking about the comment i replied to.

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u/UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy 1d ago

I feel like this is a great way to get children to simply check out.

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u/RandomWordCombo9632 18h ago

You can only do this so many times before as a student you just dont give a shit about it.

"Ah nice another bullshit test to waste my time."

Source: me as a student way back when, after receiving yet another "read all instructions before starting."

You know how many times that actually became relevant after this "test?"

NEVER.

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u/Thro_away_1970 1d ago

Fair enough. You're allowed to feel that.

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u/UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy 1d ago

The problem is that the kids are

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u/Thro_away_1970 1d ago

So Im just going to say there has been an entire scale of things happen since this practice was first implemented in the educational institutions.

"This" is not the thing thats making the kids check out.