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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would drive me nuts also, honestly. People who FOLLOW DIRECTIONS are going to turn into adults who are stuck in middle management and follow processes and procedures without thinking and doing better to make things more efficient.

But yes, help him highlight directions and think through the steps for now.[/quote]

Or people who keep jobs because they complete tasks assigned to them in the way they are directed to.

Or they learn when it is ok to deviate from the directions, normally when talking to other people about their ideas. But at least there is some acknowledgement that they know that they were suppose to do X.

And as an adult you understand the consequences for deviating from the rules can be losing your job. As a kid, the consequence is a bad grade. It is up to OP to determine if she is going to teach her kid to complete all the steps, so he has a better chance at success, or complain about a part of the assignment that the kid thinks is silly.[/quote]

OP here. Obviously we are working on helping my kid follow the directions.

However, I am allowed to privately think these rules are silly and don't actually measure the content he has been learning.

I'm never going to agree about the coloring border thing.[/quote]

You don't have to agree with it but he still has to do it.

I think using 10 point font instead of 11 or 12 point font when there is enough white space is stupid but if I use 12 point font I get called out on it when I brief. Those are the rules. I want my customer to focus on my words and not be upset about font size so I use the font size that I am told to use. Is it stupid? Yup but it is what it is.

Your son was given a direction, he didn't follow it, he was docked. It was stupid. You can even say "Yeah, I don't get why you needed to color a border but that is what the teacher told you to do. Next time draw a border of snakes or sharks or Pokemon or what ever he likes. If you don't, you will lose points on the project."

Part of life is learning to pick your battles.

And it sounds like you are more frustrated and working hard to help your child. Keep fighting the good fight. [/quote]

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