‘Future Julius Malema right there’: Teacher marks grade 8 student’s story Wrong answer, SA reacts

• A history teacher had members of the online community ask her to give a student marks for a question she scored poorly on a test
• The student gave the answer as he understood it when it was explained to him, but the teacher wanted an answer from specific angles
• Social media users were amused by the 8th grader’s response and asked the teacher to acknowledge his efforts and understanding of the lesson.

An 8th grade teacher in Mzansi had the full support of a student who scored poorly on a question about the purpose of the British when they came to Africa.

The teacher shared her student’s cute response on her TikTok page under the user ID @samunzimande, which reached 1.2 million views, 51,000 likes and over 1,600 comments.

The answer that got Mzansi talking

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The teacher shared a post with the student’s answer to the question:

“What was the main objective of the British when they came to Africa?”

The student 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.”

Check out the post here:

Mzansi requires full student qualification

After seeing the post, the online community supported the boy, asking the teacher to mark his answer as his answer was not wrong. Some commented that primary education limits student creativity by expecting answers in a certain way:

User @thomas_sm7 shared:

“🤣🤣 they need to move this kid to 9th grade because he’s ahead of 8th grade.”

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User @23Bosslady noted:

“I think that basic education is limiting, and sometimes it envelops a person, from these situations I lost my creativity because even though I had the right answers, I had to write them in an acceptable way.

User @Info_Coach added:

“Future Julius Malema right there 👌 and fighter ulibona lisalincane nje 🙌🏽😂😂”.

User @Dark_merlon said:

“This kid is a wannabe comrade 😭.”

User @TheArmchairPhilosopher commented:

“I like the teacher’s comment. There is a correct answer, and there is the expected answer. The student gave the correct answer, not the expected one 🤣🤣🤣.”

User @phetogo Bra Rich Seko detailed:

“He’s right, but that comes as a secondary interest, his main focus was the minerals, but he deserves half a mark.”

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In another News in brief article, a teacher was amused after seeing his student’s funny answers to questions about naming objects and objects.

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Source: Brief News