I went through the same thing. No matter how fiercely my teachers pushed Miss Kettle's penmanship, I stubbornly stuck to my printed "t" with the curl. After much nagging from the teacher, I did abandon my small "a" for the simpler one of Miss Kettle's design, but I only made that concession because I thought my attempts at a Times New Roman "a" were below my standards.
It was crazy in my early years how much emphasis there was on penmanship. There was a grade for it that counted every bit as much as reading or math. This did not bode well for me, because I had definite ideas about how letters should be written! I well refused to make a cursive capital "Q" that looked like a "2." I also took exception to capital "S," "T," "F," "J," and "G." I liked my interpretations much better than Miss Kettle's! It was a relief when penmanship was no longer a graded class.
I was such a shy, compliant child, but I was absolutely adamant when it came to things I thought were plain wrong!
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Date: 2007-09-26 09:08 pm (UTC)It was crazy in my early years how much emphasis there was on penmanship. There was a grade for it that counted every bit as much as reading or math. This did not bode well for me, because I had definite ideas about how letters should be written! I well refused to make a cursive capital "Q" that looked like a "2." I also took exception to capital "S," "T," "F," "J," and "G." I liked my interpretations much better than Miss Kettle's! It was a relief when penmanship was no longer a graded class.
I was such a shy, compliant child, but I was absolutely adamant when it came to things I thought were plain wrong!