Fifth-grader asks police for help with math homework, and this was their response

[jnelsoninjax]

When Molly Draper found out her 10-year-old daughter, Lena, messaged the local police department on Facebook requesting help with her math homework, she couldn’t believe it.

Not only that: they actually responded.

Lena sent a message to the Marion, Ohio, Police Department’s Facebook page last week, explaining that she was having trouble with her fifth-grade math assignment.

Instead of turning her away, Draper says Marion Police Dept. Lt. B.J. Gruber, the officer who runs the page, simply responded, “Ok with what?”

The 10-year-old began to list some math problems, “Well I don’t understand (8+29)x15.”

“Do the numbers in the parenthesis first so in essence it would be 37 x 15,” the officer responded.

The little girl then asked the officer another difficult question. “Ok now if I had this (90+27) + (29+15) x 2. Which one would I do first?”

“Take the answer from the first parenthesis plus the answer from the second parenthesis and multiply that answer times two,” Gruber explained. “Work left to right doing the work inside the parenthesis first.”

“I was happy, but not surprised that they responded so quickly,” Draper told CBS News. “They are wonderful with their communication with the community.”

Molly Draper posts screenshots of her daughter Lena’s recent exchange with the Marion Police Department in Ohio.

Afterward, Draper posted screenshots of their exchange on Facebook, and the post went viral with more than 2,100 shares.

Unfortunately, as some Facebook users pointed out, some the officer’s guidance turned out to be incorrect.

“Order of operations... PEMDAS! (Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication & Division, Addition and Subtraction). For future reference,” one Facebook user said, referring to the officer’s second answer.

But Gruber is hoping people will give him an “A” for effort.

“Hoping it is truly the thought that counts since apparently I cannot!” he joked. “Especially since the answer was wrong, it was very nice for Molly to acknowledge our attempt to help her daughter with some math homework.”

    My daughter. Cause... She's my daughter. Thank you, Marion, Ohio Police Department, for truly building relationships with the community.
    Posted by Molly Draper on Friday, February 17, 2017

Draper said she had a fun Facebook exchange with the police last summer, which is how her daughter came up with the idea to reach out to the department for homework help.

“She told me just after she did it, and I didn’t believe it until I saw it,” Draper said.

That may have been the first time her daughter was in touch with the officer, but it won’t be the last.

“Tomorrow he’ll be joining my daughter for lunch at school, and is bringing her an autographed shirt to commemorate their going viral,” Draper said. “I am surprised, I thought it was just a goofy life moment to share with some friends, but it seems to really be striking a chord with people.”

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[The Rev]

Heh...  At least she didn't CALL 911 like some lil girl did years ago... :-p

 

 

[defnutlydif]

I think that is the best example for good old fashioned police ethics at work helping to make America Great Again.

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On 2/22/2017 at 3:59 AM, jnelsoninjax said:

The 10-year-old began to list some math problems, “Well I don’t understand (8+29)x15.

The sad part is that that's a grade two material in most parts of the world. She should've become proficient at solving such problems when she was 8-9.

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6 minutes ago, Mirumir said:

The sad part is that that's a grade two material in most parts of the world. She should've become proficient at solving such problems when she was 8-9.

You have no idea of her educational background or learning ability.  Another blanket statement slamming America.

 

It was a nice gesture by the officer to reach out and offer help.  Yet you look for the negative based on nothing actually.  Don't you find that tiresome, it's certainly not productive.

[T3X4S]

Funny - I came across another intellectually-challenged officer last night.

When I was pulled over, he asked how much I had to drink, and if I realized how fast I was going.

I explained that due to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, it was impossible for me to know both of those things.

If I told him how much I had to drink, I could not know how fast I was going - and conversely if he wanted to know how fast I was going, I would be unable to tell him how much I had to drink...

He thought he was clever, and said "OK - since drinking and driving carries a larger penalty, I want to know how much you had to drink "
I informed him, he chose incorrectly - as I do not drink.

He was quite upset, and then asked - "for sake of physics" - if he would have asked how fast I was going - what would my answer have been.

I quickly replied, "I dont know... Im too drunk,  have a nice day"

and drove off.

Sorry - I had nothing to add to the thread, so I decided to make something up.

 

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4 minutes ago, T3X4S said:

Funny - I came across another intellectually-challenged officer last night.

When I was pulled over, he asked how much I had to drink, and if I realized how fast I was going.

I explained that due to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, it was impossible for me to know both of those things.

If I told him how much I had to drink, I could not know how fast I was going - and conversely if he wanted to know how fast I was going, I would be unable to tell him how much I had to drink...

He thought he was clever, and said "OK - since drinking and driving carries a larger penalty, I want to know how much you had to drink "
I informed him, he chose incorrectly - as I do not drink.

He was quite upset, and then asked - "for sake of physics" - if he would have asked how fast I was going - what would my answer have been.

I quickly replied, "I dont know... Im too drunk,  have a nice day"

and drove off.

Sorry - I had nothing to add to the thread, so I decided to make something up.

 

Are you driving now and were you drinking before you started posting?  

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14 minutes ago, Raze said:

You have no idea of her educational background or learning ability. 

The article should've mentioned that then.

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Just now, Mirumir said:

The article should've mentioned that then.

Why?  It may be no ones business.