In case you didn’t know, we homeschool. We do it under the umbrella of a private Christian school, which means I’m a teacher in that school, and must submit quarterly report cards. As I was filling out the 1st quarter report for Will, I had to write a blurb under the heading “Language Arts” which included reading, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and penmanship. This was easy to do, except for the penmanship part. I pondered it and came up with the following:
“We’ve given up on penmanship. If an assignment requires any degree of legibility, Will does it on the computer.”
Hmm, I’m not sure if the school administration would appreciate that. So I came up with these alternatives:
“Will has shown genius tendencies. This includes shockingly bad handwriting which is typical of geniuses.”
Or, (the report card is handwritten):
“Will’s handwriting is, if you can believe it, worse than his mother’s.”
Shannon came up with this one:
“Will’s been hanging out in the chicken coop too much.”
In the end, I decided to ignore penmanship. The ladies in the office are too nice for me to want them wondering if I’m sarcastic or just ignorant.
I vote for the “Genius tendencies” version! This IS true. My messiest writer is 17 and her penmanship looks like that of a 2nd grader. She is entering college next year as a pre-med major. Good thing penmanship isn’t graded!
I think it is a mark of a future Dr. perhaps.
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Your post on your sons penmanship is just too funny! Thanks for the morning smile!
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We could debate whether or not Will’s handwriting exceeds his mother’s in illegibility. They are both substantially hieroglyphic in nature. After 19 years of attempts to decipher first one and then the other, I remain conflicted on the matter — and confused by the symbols on the paper. Of course, this only strengthens my conviction that both Will and his mother are geniuses.
i just explained to a friend that my son’s dreaded (and dreadful) left-handed-hook writing is a sign of future engineering ability. ;^)