A mum discovered her young daughter had left a powerful response to a “rude” question she had to answer on a homework assignment.
Naomi Paheco was watching her daughter Rhythm, 10, complete her homework one evening when she saw the youngster working on an assignment that compared the weights of three people.
The pupil, from Utah in the US, was tasked with deciding which of the three girls included on her worksheet was the heaviest.
Her worksheet asked her to calculate “how much heavier” one, named Isabelle, was compared to another, named Sue.
But instead of completing the question, her mother revealed that Rhythm took the opportunity to do a little schooling of her own on her teacher.
Ms Paheco shared a picture of the worksheet – which her daughter had tried to complete in 2019 – online, showing that it asked students to compare three girls in grade four.
Fourth graders are usually nine to 10 years old, Rhythm’s age, and she responded by branding the question “offensive” and refused to calculate the problem.
The picture posted by her mother showed that, instead, she chose to circle the question and write: “This is offensive. Sorry I won’t right this it’s rood.”
Despite her powerful response, the 10-year-old was left anxious about how her teacher may respond and followed up with a letter explaining the issue in more depth.
Rhythm wrote: “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.
“Also the reason I did not do the sentence is because I just don’t think that’s nice. Love Rhythm.”
Ms Poheco later confirmed her teacher was “so responsive” to her daughter’s letter and that she and the child’s father were “extremely proud” of their child.
Social media users said they were equally proud after discovering the post on Facebook.
One user said they were impressed by “how strong of a person you are at a young age”, and added her attitude would “serve you well in life”.
Another user, who said they had grown up as an “overweight child in the 70s”, gave Rhythm kudos for “being sensitive to others’ disabilities”.
