Funny kid's answer to quiz question

From the FAIL Blog, a very creative response to what I'm sure was a challenging quiz question. (Thanks, Sean Ness!)

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Anonymous

Amazing…
bklynchris

@Jeremy Hill

My 11 yo does the same thing. At first it was funny and cute, now it just drives me and his teachers nuts. THe funny thing, though, is that his math tutor says he gets very complex concepts and his methods for solving problems are unlike any he’s seen in his 30 years of teaching. But please tell me you are living independently, are gainfully employed, and happy (no pressure).

Course, all this might be explained by his Aspergers…which he keeps in a jar at his bedside. No, seriously, it one of his DSM-IV’s.
- Jeremy Hill
  
  Yes. I’m a web developer in Chicago doing quite well for myself.
  
  I got over it as I got older and just realized I thought about numbers differently than most people. Not necessarily better, just different. I still have problems with simple things, but I’ve compensated for my problems calculating with memorization of most simple problems.
  
  It helps that the thing I work on everyday is basically a fancy calculator. And programing is good for me because it’s all about finding new ways to think about old problems.
kip w

“Which of the following is closest to the volume of the rocket?” is what I see when I tilt the screen of my laptop.

The student worked hard filling in that bear. Who says our college students are lazy?
Bitgod

Hopefully the teacher responded with a “Your Argument is Invalid”.

I did like the answer though.

Closest I did was on a PoliSci final, I just gave up halfway into it and wrote that I didn’t know, I didn’t pay attention because the class bored me. The teacher was cool though, made worth going to class anyway.
jimh

It’s still just bearly legible.
bbonyx

Old, but for the newbs:
Funny Test Answers

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- Xenu
  
  My antivirus just went crazy when I clicked that link. Would recommend avoiding, esp. on Windows.
NegativeK

Beast answer ever.
Xenu

I still prefer this sexist quiz answer.
tyger11

This kid’s destined for management.
coaxial

+1 style

Echos of Calvin’s answer to the question regarding the location of Plymouth Rock. “I respectfully decline to answer this question, as it may endanger our agents in the field.”
Anonymous

extraordinary. indeed every image has a specific meaning. you can show something different
Teller

Charm deflects harm.â„¢
Jeremy Hill

Reminds me of the stuff I used to do when I was a kid and couldn’t wrap my mind around simple math. It just took so much effort to figure out addition and subtraction I thought I was stupid so I wrote it all over my tests and homework, along with other random things to get me out of doing it. My little brother got flash cards quicker than I did so that didn’t help.

It wasn’t until long division that everything clicked and I understood. Since then, the more complex it is the easier it’s been for me. I still have problems with quickly solving simple addition and subtraction though.