Kids say the darndest things, just like this boy who did not shy away from brutally frank answers in a school exam.
Yesterday, Facebook user Yana Esqueza shared photos of her nephew’s exam, which have now gone viral.
The first question in the test asks in Filipino: “How are you going to introduce your friend?”
The student had these choices: “A. This is Obet, our slave; B. This is Obet, my pet rat; C. This is Obet, my dear friend.”
Guess which one he chose? B! Naturally, the teacher marked it incorrect.
In the second photo, the question was “How would you introduce your mother?”
The choices given were: “A. This is Alicia, my talkative mother; B. This is Alicia, my irritable mother; C. This is Alicia, my loving mother.”
The kid chose A, “my talkative mother.”
Though his answer was relatable to many, his teacher marked him wrong on this one as well.
Lastly, this scenario was written on the exam: “You recite poems well but for a Buwan ng Wika (National Language Month) competition, your teacher chose your classmate who also recites poems well. How should you feel?”
The choices were: “A. I will be jealous of him; B. I will be happy for him; C. I will get mad at my teacher because I wasn’t the one picked.”
And like a boss, the child chose C.
He might have been marked wrong but at least he was brave?
The Facebook post had over 31,000 likes and 37,000 shares as of this article’s posting. Netizens were generally amused, with one saying that honesty is key.
Kristine Manlapaz wrote: “Honesty is the best policy. Hahahaha”
One said that the student reminded him of herself. “This kid is me,” wrote Gillian Ordonez.
“Why did the teacher mark the answers incorrect? Shouldn’t we be honest?” asked JF Calimag.
Nhecie Levardo tagged a friend and said: “The child is smarter than the teacher.”
However, another follower pointed out that the questions were “subjective.”
Giuseppe Angelo Valencia Soriano said in a mix of English and Filipino: “But the questions were too subjective and stupid… What if those were the real emotion[s] of the child, who are we to say that he was wrong. Valid emotion. The questions were wrong. [This is] how you teach [them] to be plastic (two-faced).”
Gotta give the kid props for his honesty.
