Young girl gives intelligent answer to outdated homework question

Upon seeing “Hospital Lady”, Yasmin chose to answer with ‘surgeon’ instead of ‘nurse’

Robert Sutcliffe was a proud father when he took to Twitter to show off his daughter’s alternative response on a class assignment.

A teacher in Birmingham, UK, had distributed a 1997 worksheet to students, prompting them to write words that each contain ‘ur’ in the middle. Each answer had to correspond to the description on the other side of the column.



Upon seeing “Hospital Lady” (as that is a term casually used in real life), young Yasmin chose to answer with ‘surgeon’ instead of ‘nurse’ – possibly because her parents are both surgeons by profession. The teacher added “or nurse” after Yasmin’s response while appreciating her answer.

Nice answer! pic.twitter.com/0P6nk5nW7z

— Anne (@threecat101) October 12, 2017

Not only were Yasmin’s parents proud of her progressive approach, but many twitter users also praised her. Both men and women condemned the gender stereotype on the worksheet. One said the prompt could have been “hospital helper” or ‘carer’. Another user supported Yasmin’s modern take as the outdated language on the sheet was unfair for both men and women.

He wrote, “As a Registered #NURSE, I #approve of, and endorse the “sURgeon” answer. I’m MALE. I am a minority. #Stereotype@MenInNursing@AAMN_Nursing”



Many others also tweeted their support, saying they hoped the teacher wrote “or surgeon” after the rest of the students’ answers.

Unfortunately, sexism in schools is common. Earlier in May, a working mother rewrote her daughter’s worksheet which concerned a young girl upset with her formerly stay-at-home mother starting a job.

This story originally appeared on MSN.