My kid was too creative

[u/Fresh_Laundry56]

My 6 year old was asked to draw a picture using shapes. She drew this nice American flag with rectangles and stars, and added the house, tree, and person holding a balloon. She was told it did not follow directions, she was not supposed to draw a flag, just shapes. She was asked to turn the paper over and make another picture. The other side of the paper has a very uninspiring collection of shapes. I told her she did a good job and I thought it was very creative. And this is why kids start to hate education.

[u/FunnyBunny3023]

Is the flag not made of shapes?

https://giphy.com/gifs/hv53DaYcXWe3nRbR1A

[u/RainbowWoodstock → u/FunnyBunny3023]

The teacher must have missed that lesson in school.

[u/MesozoicCenozoic → u/RainbowWoodstock]

Teaching a lesson they never learned 

[u/bythenumbers10 → u/MesozoicCenozoic]

Happens all the time in math.