My daughter put a post up on Facebook today that, when I read it, I cracked up!
Seems Miss Maya came home from school this afternoon and was quite put out over a math question she had done incorrectly. She asked her Mom what was wrong with her answer; why did she get it marked as being wrong?
I'm copying over Mandy's Facebook post here so you can enjoy the laugh we both had -at poor little Maya's expense. But it does illustrate one of the so-called "problems" that autistic kids often do experience -their inability to understand the actual meanings of various things. Well, actually -she understood the meaning one way but the teacher meant it differently, ya know.
my literal thinker...the paper they did in class today, question #3...How many teddy bears are left? there are 5 on the left side, and then a minus sign, then 3 on the right side. her answer? 5! She asked me why she got it wrong, there are 5 teddy bears on the left. I explained....it is a math problem and she was supposed to count the bears and then subtract. She says............OHHHHHHHH I get it....DUH! I just had to laugh
Guess we're gonna have to do a little bit of explaining that "left" can mean a side and it can also mean "left" as in left behind or subtraction, aren't we?
