A high school health test's fumbling question about defining family is a small glimpse into the world of America's ever-declining educational system. If you were thinking that family is composed of blood relatives, you'd be wrong.
A screenshot of the test question was captured and shared on Twitter by Will Saletan, a writer for Slate. He states that when his son answered the question, "Family is:," with "A collection of related-by-blood individuals living together," he got it wrong.
The "correct" answer provided on the test is, "Family is a collection of individuals who care for and about each other." Now to be fair, that is one way to describe family, especially families with adopted children or the husband and wife who aren't blood-related and choose not to have children.
However, the Common Core wording leaves much ambiguity to where at least two definitions could technically be correct, but only one is considered the most correct. So, good luck kids, trying to provide the answer you think teachers are looking for.




