“Future Julius Malema Right There”: Teacher Marks Grade 8 Pupil’s History Answer Wrong, SA Reacts
- A history teacher had online community members demanding she give a learner marks for a question she marked wrong in a test
- The pupil gave the answer on how he understood it when it was explained, but the teacher wanted an answer from specific angles
- Social media users were amused by the Grade 8 pupil's answer and asked the teacher to acknowledge his efforts and understanding of the lesson
- Briefly News spoke with a school high school HOD, Mem Landiwe Mapapu, who stressed the importance of using multiple sources to teach subjets
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Source: TikTok
A Grade 8 teacher had Mzansi in full support of a pupil she marked wrong in a question about the British's aim when they came to Africa.
The teacher shared her pupil's cute answer on her TikTok page under the user handle @samunzimande, which reached 1.2M views, 51k likes, and over 1.6K comments.
The answer that got Mzansi talking
The teacher shared a post of the pupil's answer to the question:
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"What was the main aim of the British when coming to Africa?"
The pupil responded with the following:
"They want our land, and they told us to pray. After opening our eyes, they have the land and we have babies."
See the post here.
A school HOD speaks on allowing pupils to express their understanding
Briefly News had the pleasure of speaking with Mem Landiwe Mapapu, who shared the importance of using different methods and material when giving a lesson to broaden the mind as a teacher and expect different answers.
"Teachers must stop being narrow-minded and start using different textbooks to give lessons; that way, they will understand that learners should not be restricted in their understanding of a lesson."
"In the case of the learner who spoke about land in his history answer, he can not be marked completely wrong as the resources that the British came to steal in Africa come from the land in the learner's answer."
Mem Landiwe added that teachers also need to stop using the old-school teaching method of arriving at a class and telling pupils what the lesson is going to be.
"Get to know their prime knowledge first before feeding them information, and you'd be surprised to see how much they know. That will also get you to understand how much the kids know about the topic at hand."
The teacher added:
"When asking questions, it is also important to specify that kids can give any valid reason without limiting them and then expect broader answers."
Mzansi demands full marks for the pupil
After seeing the post, the online community supported the boy, asking the teacher to give him marks for his answer as his answer was not wrong. Some commented on primary education limiting pupil's creativity by expecting answers in a certain way:
User @thomas_sm7 shared:
"🤣🤣 they must take that kid to grade 9 because he is ahead of the grade 8 memorandum."
User @23Bosslady noted:
"I think basic education is limiting, and sometimes messes a person up, from such situations I lost creativity because even though I had the right answers, I had to compose them in a acceptable way.
User @Info_Coach added:
"Future Julius Malema right there 👌 i fighter ulibona lisalincane nje 🙌🏽😂😂."
User @Dark_merlon said:
"This child is an aspiring comrade 😭."
User @TheArmchairPhilosopher commented:
"I like the teacher's comment. There is a correct answer, and there is the expected answer. Student gave the correct one, not the expected one🤣🤣🤣."
User @phetogo Bra Rich Seko detailed:
"He is right, but this comes in as a secondary interest, their main aim was minerals, but he deserves a half mark."
Pupil hive hilarious marks in a test
In another Briefly News article, a teacher was left amused after seeing his pupil's hilarious answers to questions about naming objects and items.
One of the items on the list to be identified was a goat, and the learner identified it as soccer legend Ronaldo on the answer sheet.
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