agilebrit: (D'Argo -- Anteaters)
agilebrit ([personal profile] agilebrit) wrote2007-09-26 02:02 pm
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So, we're having school, right?

And the font that is used in Da Boy's books is Times New Roman.

He has apparently decided that his handwriting should look the same. *facepalm* So, he does the little curlicue at the bottom of the small "t" and the "i" looks just like the font.

And I'm having a hard time convincing him that our handwriting isn't supposed to look like typewriting.

It's going to be a long year.

[identity profile] honorh.livejournal.com 2007-09-26 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
My thoughts on the matter (not that you asked for them) as a former teacher? If his writing is legible, let him do whatever he likes.

[identity profile] agilebrit.livejournal.com 2007-09-26 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I get that. Right now I'm caught a little between amusement and dismay. We're still adjusting to this, and I need to pick my battles. This one isn't worth waging, at least not at the moment. :)

[identity profile] bojojoti.livejournal.com 2007-09-26 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Love the icon.

[identity profile] bojojoti.livejournal.com 2007-09-26 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
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!

[identity profile] texanfan.livejournal.com 2007-09-26 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
*snicker* I'm sorry, that's just unbelievably cute. Except that I'm sure it's quite frustrating. *snicker*