Would you correct your boss if she made a mistake?

Prof Meyer’s chart on cultural differences among countries – Malaysia is very hierarchical and decisions are made top-down. So, basically, it’s going to be difficult to correct someone higher up. — The Culture Map/ERIN MEYER

The nine-year-old had a chance to learn something this week when she realised that her teacher said something wrong. The mistake was relatively innocuous – it was simply a misreading of the question – but because it was maths, and even though the working was correct, the answer was absolutely wrong.

What should she have done next? What do you do when you see somebody has done something wrong?