Insanity in Math Class.

I would love to hear what the teacher thinks is the "right" answer to this... alleged math question (below).  

Here are some ways of responding:

1) "Respectfully teacher, I think Andy be needing to stay after class and learn his counting skills.  He gonna really run into trouble when he has to start adding numbers bigger than one.  Gonna take him a long time to get homework done sticking with the Plus One, Plus One, Plus One method once we get into bigger sums.  Please help Andy learn a better way."

2)  "Go, Andy, go!"  "He's on the right track, teach!" or some such positive affirmation so Andy doesn't get discouraged...

3) "Not my business thinking about Andy's way of adding.  Please don't ask me to comment on the academic performances of others.  It puts me in a spot...  But, if I must answer the question:  Andy and the unidentified girl below appear to be older children.  What grade are they in? Is he really just learning to add at that age?  Are they holding others back from memorizing the multiplication tables, and mastering divisions and small fractions sooner, so that he doesn't feel left behind in the classroom?  They shouldn't do that. I don't think it helps...  That's what I think about Andy's way of adding."

4)  "Mama said, 'Next year, we're homeschooling!   Said she can teach these academic basics better than the teachers using better books.' She said, 'Keep quiet for now. Don't say anything about others like Andy, because we might hurt their feelings.'  She said, 'Math isn't hard. But when you make it about feelings instead of numbers, that's something called 'psychology' not math.'  Mama gonna quit her job to homeschool me.  That's all I'm saying about how Andy adds...."

5) "I choose to pass on answering the question.  Andy can put together an outfit though, so there's that!"

6)  14.    (Show my work:   9+5=14)    Andy's way takes more steps  (9+1=10;  5-1=4; 10+4=14)