31 Funny Ways Students Misinterpreted School Assignments

One of the many wonderful things about children is their ability to remind you that a different way of thinking about things is always possible. Case in point: A Redditor was tasked with giving a mandatory state writing test to fourth graders, and the prompt was related to Native Americans and ears of corn. One student, not familiar with the phrase, wrote an entire sci-fi story about a kid whose ears get transformed into corncobs. By the end of the tale, the kid was shouting, “What? I can’t hear you! I have EARS of CORN!” 

Not only is that a funny misinterpretation, but the story sounds better than anything in theaters today. 

Other Redditors have remembered the times they, or children they knew, misinterpreted things to hilarious results, including a lot of kids who think the Middle Ages is something else entirely.