Tautology Alert

Distractify has a pretty funny article, 39 Test Answers That Are 100% Wrong But Totally Genius At The Same Time. 

But the very first one hurts my logical brain:

The teacher's answer is just as wrong as the student's because it's a tautology.
The question is: How do you know (that the number is even)?

If you answer, as the teacher does "Because the number in the one's place is even." you have demonstrated no sign that you understand what the definition of "even" is. You might as well have said "Because I'm smart."

Let me put it another way:
Is the number 68 even or odd? Even.
How do you know the number 68 is even? Because the number in the one's place is even.
The number in the one's place is 8.
How do you know the number 8 is even? Um....

That, there is where the teacher's answer falls apart. If we're already assuming you know what "even" means, then there's no point to question 7 at all. You can't define a term by using the same term.

If you answer "because I've memorized all the even one digit numbers," that's basically as useful as saying "Because I am smart."

You have to answer "because the number (in the one's place) is divisible by two with no remainder."

The parenthetical portion is actually redundant, but I wouldn't call it wrong.

Teacher fail.

As long as I'm picking this apart: the title of the article indicates that the answers are wrong. This one isn't wrong. It's pretty much the best and most important answer possible! Smart kid!

 

This one is also not wrong. It demonstrates that the student has a far better grasp of English and logic than the teacher:

Also, not wrong. The question doesn't ask the student to define "risk," but to give an example of a risk. The student does so concisely and elegantly:

Also not wrong, assuming Frankie's not a liar (and his assertion is eminently plausible!):

For all I know, this could be absolutely correct. I bet the teacher didn't get it translated, either! I'd totally give the kid an A without even bothering to translate. A kid who goes to that much trouble to forge a plausible-looking Chinese letter is learning more than he would from doing the boring old essay question.

 

This one is a satisfaction survey and has no correct or incorrect answers:

 Ask a subjective question, expect a subjective answer. It's not like "Tony gets better at piano," is an ironclad effect. Some people just suck at piano.

 What the hell kind of picture were they looking for here? I fault the kid for not adding up his age, but we're talking, what, probably at least 110 years old here? Any kid who didn't draw a gravestone, urn or bare skeleton is delusional. At least the kid has a grasp of the spans of time under consideration.

Again, nothing wrong about this answer, as far as I can tell.

 

Sad, but not wrong:

Also not wrong. Just awesome:

 

So, by my count that's 10 out of 39 cases where distractify doesn't know what "100% wrong" means (and there was one other I was on the fence about). Maybe they should ask some of these kids.

Also, teachers, if your students outwit you, please just accept defeat gracefully. They're learning important life lessons.