A 10-year-old girl has
been hailed as ‘courageous’ for making a stand against an ‘offensive’ question
on her school maths test.
After Rhythm Pacheco
finished her homework, mum Naomi looked over her young daughter’s work and
discovered the powerful message she had left for the teacher.
She decided to share
the work online, leading to a huge response praising the student for standing
up for her beliefs.
Working through the
maths homework, Rhythm came across a question asking her to compare the weights
of three women and determine ‘how much heavier’ Isabelle was than Sue.
Circling the question,
she wrote: “This is offensive. Sorry I won’t right this it’s rood.”
The pupil from Utah,
who was initially worried about how her teacher would respond, then wrote a
letter to explain why she didn’t want to solve the problem.
“I don’t want to be
rude but I don’t think that math problem was very nice because that’s judging
people’s weight,” she said.
“Also the reason I did
not do the sentence is because I just don’t think that’s nice. Love
Rhythm.”