Why do teachers have to make their students do cursive?
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It's to have the students practice their handwriting, which is very important. The more you practice something, the better you get!\n\nHaving neat and readable handwriting is very important, even today with computers being so common. Having illegible handwriting can really be a handicap.
434525
I reckon that it should be marked on how well the paper is written, as it is unfair to people who put a lot of effort into a paper and get crap grades, compared to other people who write what the teacher wants to hear without trying and getting better grades...not fair to the students who tried!
785139
Teachers need to be taught how they should behave in front of their students.  Knowledable teachers are not good enough.  They language they used and how they present themselves are important too.
156287
i wouldnt be worrying so much about grades, but the content.  if they are missing a lot of key concepts and ideas that are appropriate for that age level, something needs to be done.  im an educator in texas and we have spelling activities every week, cursive is taught in third, and science is all year.  but there is so much more to school than those few things.  from what you have said, it makes me wonder what else is falling through the cracks?  i would contact the school board, the district superintendants, and whoever else you need to get this resolved.  check up on required curriculum for the state and see if this school/class is meeting those.
526362
They already do. Teachers in the US make very low wages for the amount of education they have and the amount of work they do. It's almost a volunteer job. They often pay out of their own pockets for school supplies and other materials to help children who don't have enough money to buy them. Without volunteer help, many teachers would not be able to do a decent job. I think parents and the community at large should make it a point to help teachers by voting for school funding and by volunteering to help teachers get their clerical work done.
469608
Because teachers are incompetent at doing things that require following guidelines.  We should make our children learn to be just like them.
473604
I like my students to use underline note-taking strategies, like characters of the book get one line, new vocab words get a double line, etc. Good Luck!
1123321
It is supposed to be a two-way street.  However, the teachers have begun to place more on the students so that the students and their parents are more responsible for their education.  Too often the students are just sitting in classes, not even paying attention to the teacher, and then cramming the night before a test and passing by the skin of their teeth.  Placing more responsibility on the student makes it more difficult for students to do this, thus EARNING their grade.
169100
It doesn't cause it. It does however encourage it. People are more likely to "cut corners" when they are short on time. This includes plagiarism. If you have one day left to write a 10 page paper for class, you would be more likely than other students to copy rather than write it yourself, etc.
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In an ideal world, there wouldn't be such a need. But since schools these days are not requiring spelling and grammar proficiency exams before graduating high school, the level of competence in these areas is going downhill fast!  I am amazed more and more each day at what I see in here and, honestly, those people should be ashamed. There is no excuse for it.
257261
Teachers have many responsibilities. They, of course have to teach, but they have to put the information out in a way that everyone can understand. They have to grade papers, make tests, quizes, homework assignments. They have to keep the entire class under control. Quite a bit goes into being a teacher.
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Giving them vocabulary, and making them write a complete sentence with every word. I must say, the whole teaching parts of the sentences gets lost on kids, it's pointless. Just make them write sentences, while it may be onerous, it's better. Also, you could write an incorrect sentence and have them rewrite it.
111389
Is this how the teachers teach in English class and spelling class???\nIt's called spell check...\nLook into it...
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In the computer age, it might seem as though proper penmanship is becoming less important with each passing day.\n\nYet sloppy handwriting can hurt students' academic performance, from their class grades to their scores on standardized tests such as the SATs, experts say.\n\nThese links should give you all the information you need.
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hey, i am a junior primary teacher and they told us about that when i was studying at uni. I don't use red pens and i don't use crosses when a child gets an answer wrong. I put a dot instead or write an encouraging comment. Not because I think it causes stress but because I think it is more likely to encourage them to try harder or pay more attention to their work. Kids are so eager to see what teachers have written when their work is handed back and i think that you need to make the marks as positive as possible, even if there really isn't anything positive about the kids work!!! Especially with the children who really struggle with their work, if they try their hardest on something and then get it back with big red crosses all over it they just put it in the bin and give up!! I think highschool kids should be able to deal with the dreaded red pen though!! You sure as hell get used to the dreaded red pen when you get to university that is for sure!!!! And that causes a hell of a lot of stress then!!! ;o)
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I teach a spelling rule every week.  That's where the spelling list comes from.  Some kids just get it and use it when writing.  Other kids memorize the list for that week only but still misspell the words in their paragraphs.  Other kids just don't care.  I know of teachers that don't emphasize the teaching of spelling and not because they don't want to but because they have lots of other subjects to teach.  We are given a pacing chart that says what needs to be covered each trimester.  I always plan out so that I don't fall behind and I take into consideration quizzes and chapter tests.  I have found the days given to teach and the lessons that must be covered are exactly the same.  Which means that if we come across a concept that the kids are not understanding and I take a couple more days to teach than the time I had originally allotted we fall behind the pacing chart.  We need to make up that time somewhere in our schedule and unfortunately there are some things in our lesson plans that have to go.
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To know what happen in the surrondings\nso that teachers can communicate with parents and srtudents!\nIt helps