Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for January 26, 2022

You know exactly who, Mr. D.

If you don’t read, learning to write is almost impossible. I noticed that the very idea of reading sounds like punishment for most of the young people I know. :(

Time to take a hard look at how you pass along knowledge and skills yourself or at least how you have packaged them.

How many teachers want to teach but the “system” says, “Oh, no you can’t”? On the flip side, I get parents (I am one) are busy. But is watching the boob tube more important than helping with your child’s education at home? No replies needed.

The same system that says cursive, spelling and punctuation is not needed…

Tests.. grade both the student and the teacher.

I thought they weren’t allowed to teach kid how to write anymore (handwriting) as it would make them feel bad if it was a bit messy. They don’t teach cursive, and I could tell even with my kids’ handwriting they didn’t teach the ‘correct’ way to form letters- circles like “o” are made in a clockwise motion and letters and numbers start from the base and go up. :( And my kids are in their 30’s.

If done properly, self reflection can be a &!^@#

You can blame it on texting.

One of the things I miss since my mom passed was reading my students’ writing to her as I graded it.

What I have noticed is the kids don’t seem to know how to hold a pen (pencil) correctly. We were taught the thumb, forefinger and middle finger. I guess nowadays, anyway, as long as it’s comfortable. (:~{