Fourth grader calls word problem about girls’ weight ‘offensive’

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A fourth grader refused to answer a homework word problem that asked students to compare fictional girls’ weight.

  • A Utah girl named Rhythm, was doing her homework and called her mother over.
  • The question displayed a table showing three girls’ weights and asked students to compare the weight of the heaviest student to the lightest.
  • Rhythm refused to answer the question and wrote “This is offensive! Sorry I wont right this it rood (sic).”