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[Lucky Charm]

I'll probably get a lot of eyerolls for this, but something seems a little *off*.....

At the age where kids are forming their letters, they are reading and writing more simple words.

So by the time they can read the words like 'America's' and 'president', they aren't using the dotted lined paper.

I could be wrong and I'm sure I'll hear of it....

[Trinity11]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

It would not surprise me if many adults would come up with the same answer.

I remember Jay Leno's segments on the street asking people questions about history and they were just as ignorant.

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@Trinity11

OMG, yes!  .....   it always started out funny but quickly became very sad.   I often wondered is people were REALLY that stupid or were they making up  ridiculous answers in hopes of getting on TV.

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We have a local cable station where the news woman goes to the mall and asks questions. Simple, basic questions about the government and history and some didn't even know the name of the vice-president. 

[VanSleepy]

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@Lucky Charm wrote:

I'll probably get a lot of eyerolls for this, but something seems a little *off*.....

At the age where kids are forming their letters, they are reading and writing more simple words.

So by the time they can read the words like 'America's' and 'president', they aren't using the dotted lined paper.

I could be wrong and I'm sure I'll hear of it....

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@Lucky Charm I was thinking the same thing.  I was thinking if a kid is old enough to read that question, he wouldn't be writing like that.  

[Q4u]

The parents have to cultivate the natural curiosity that children have.  Yes, it's time consuming and having the answers isn't easy at times and you may not have that clean kitchen floor or be able to do the things you planned to do  .... but I've never seen a small child without that sense of wonder and curiosity.  This will then translate (hopefully) into a bonafide curiosity in school....   

[maestra]

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@SahmIam wrote:

This does not surprise me at all. 

Putting a plug in for teachers, however:

I know many who work very hard and go above and beyond what is required (while many do not). Despite this, they have students who still fail, who still deliver work that you shake your head at; something just like the example the OP has posted. The problem? Little to no involvement from their main caregiver/caregivers outside of school.

Then there are the schools that just pass the children along like cattle because....that's what you do.

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...that's what administration does. Often teachers take extra resources, time, special observations and reports to explain why a student should not be promoted. Well, a principal and an irate parent can change that in a heartbeat.

Who loses...the child.

[maestra]

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@lolakimono wrote:

I saw this on a FB page for teachers.

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as a retired social studies teacher I am , for once, at a loss of words.

The lined paper is what is used for teaching manuscript (printing) for primary grades K-2.

[MomCat]

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@cherry wrote:

I want to say something in the child's defense. They didn't get it right ,but I think it shows intelligence

You can tell they are quite young ,and they made a connection ,between  what it said on the picture ,and the image   that was shown

They weren't taught any different, so ,they made a logical ,reasoned answer. 

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And, this response is why the kid's answer fine.  Keep making excuses and the country will become even dumber. 

[maestra]

SMH- Shaking My Head

[cherry]

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@MomCat wrote:

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@cherry wrote:

I want to say something in the child's defense. They didn't get it right ,but I think it shows intelligence

You can tell they are quite young ,and they made a connection ,between  what it said on the picture ,and the image   that was shown

They weren't taught any different, so ,they made a logical ,reasoned answer. 

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And, this response is why the kid's answer fine.  Keep making excuses and the country will become even dumber. 

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“I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.”
― Haim G. Ginott

[itiswhatitis]

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@Lucky Charm wrote:

I'll probably get a lot of eyerolls for this, but something seems a little *off*.....

At the age where kids are forming their letters, they are reading and writing more simple words.

So by the time they can read the words like 'America's' and 'president', they aren't using the dotted lined paper.

I could be wrong and I'm sure I'll hear of it....

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It looks like a PENMANSHIP EXCERICSE....NOT A HISTORY LESSON, I agree @Lucky Charm.