Wednesday, October 17, 2012

I Don't Like Boys

We had a math problem today that read something like this: 

There was a fish tank that held 6 fish - some big, some little.
Max said there could be 2 big fish and 4 little fish.
Rosa said there could be 1 big fish and 4 little fish.
Who is right? 

I was working on this with Kendal, and she originally wrote that Rosa was correct. We talked through it and figured out the math, but then Kendal said, "But I wanted Rosa to be right!" I asked her why, and she replied, "I don't want Max to be right, because he's a boy and I don't like boys!" For a long time, she seriously refused to change her answer even though she knew it was wrong. I even tried to convince her by saying, "Max could be a girl! Jessica Simpson has a baby girl named Max," but she wasn't going for it. She finally changed her answer, but wrote 'Max' in her absolute worst handwriting on purpose. It was awesome. 

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