OT,Any school teachers on Here?

This Man only got a "B" in writeing From A Amish school, Do you think he would of gotten a "A" In our Schools?

Rusted, nope, it isn't printed on a laser printer and double spaced.

Rick

Very few university (out of high school) freshmen can write cursive. In fact they cannot read cursive either. They print like a chicken looking for a single kernel of corn in gravel. so small and weak that they can claim (with no success) that it is spelled correctly. It isn't. Jim

Looks good to me. Cursive is formally taught in 3rd grade in our district, and then used at teacher discretion in 4th-6th grades. Everything from 7th on has to be word processed to be considered a finished piece of work. As a 5th grade teacher, on our grading scale, that would have received a grade of "S" for satisfactory work.

I can't see his math work, so I'd give him an F. I wonder why my students hate me so much?

Here in Mo. they just sign with an "X" )

Gene

Seriously? I knew it was optional in some areas recently. M Nut is a friend of mine....I know he"s a positive influence in the classroom, being a male elementary teacher....so many students need that role model. I didn"t realize the option started in such lower grades like he said. My better half taught elementary 35 years..1996 was her big year...turned 50, got to be a grandma, and finally got out of Kindergarten....moved to First Grade!..we both decry the dropping of cursive. How can young buyers of the McMansions certify who they are by printing? Might as well re-introduce the "X", like when people were illiterate! Of course, MPLS/St. Paul is leading the way.

Looks like an "A" to me, now. Remember, sometimes, as a teacher, you give that subjective "B" during a grading period because you send the message that you know the student can do better and that is exactly what you expect.
The end result, like that signature, is what matters, not a letter on a report card.
Dave, 36 years of elementary band.

Thanks for the kind words Jim, I should add that even though it is teacher discretion in 4th-6th, it is mandatory that cursive is used on a daily basis on at least one written assignment. If a teacher chooses to have students use it on more, so be it. If we choose to have all writing in cursive, so be it. We have 4 teachers in my grade level and 3 of us use it about 50% of the time. The one that uses it less is the math teacher, and I can see where cursive on math problems may not be the best use of time and spacial arrangement. Language arts it is used regularly, social studies, science, health, etc are more hit and miss.
The argument that we are presented, and it does have merit, is that students need to be able to sign their own name clearly, but to be most beneficial, their learning time should be used to obtain proper keyboarding skills as that is the only method of written work that is acceptable in a higher education institute, and even most high school settings.
I know there is credible research that shows learning, and regularly using, cursive handwriting triggers human minds to be sharper and more in tune with their surroundings, exactly what we as educators want in the classroom. However, even back in the 90's when I was in college, it was 100% word processed on everything in every class or the professor would simply not accept the work. I'm sure that is still the case today, so I understand the need to be very familiar with a computer keyboard. It is sad that cursive is an art that is being lost at a rapid pace. I think of the people I know who I am familiar with their handwriting, and hands down the best cursive handwriting goes to my 85 year old grandmother. Nobody can begin to compare to her neatness and letter formation. It is something she is proud of and regularly uses. No one in generations younger can compete with grandma when it comes to writing.
Now I'm getting off track, but the same can be said for my other grandma who is 83 when it comes to math. She can do math problems in her head that will leave her college educated grandchildren looking for a calculator, and grandma only went to school through 8th grade! Just another example of the work ethic and desire to learn from that generation.

Cursive? My 11 yr old grandaugther cant write her name but man can she text LOL. Honestly signing my name that neatly would take at least a minute