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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a teacher do something similiar but in a nicer way to my 1st grader.   She wrote a page long not to my daughter indicating that her handwriting was not neat enough and that if she handed in work like this again she would make her redo it.  I was not happy with note.  While we would all like to hand in our best work, it isn't always possible.  I know we were rushed the day that she got the assignment that was due the next day.  I thought it was best to complete the assignment vs. not completing it.  In the future we will probably just skip the assignment and write a note.  My DC does homework quickly and knows the material well.  My biggest problem with what the teacher wrote was that it was written to a six year and therefore I thought it was inappropriate no matter what the tone.  I also thought that she could have told her that verbally instead of writing it.  My guess is that the note was really written to me but directed to my child who is a good reader.  I also explained to the teacher at the beginning of the year that my DC is a little bit of a perfectionist.  Often time she will re-write her letters if they are not perfect.  It is hard to watch her re-write the same letter several times to get it write, especially when you don't notice any major problems with it.  I'm happy when she turns in less than perfect work because for her that is progress and means she is satisfied.  It really ticked me off that she wrote the note to my child given the concerns that I express to her.  She has asked my kid if that was her best work and I thought that was a better way of handling things.  My DC works fast and likes to finish first which often conflicts with producing your best work.  [/quote]

You are super defensive of your kid.  They will have many different teachers.  Loosen up a little and let your child adjust to the world that is.  You were right, it was better to turn in something than nothing.  The teacher was also right.  She or he correctly saw that it was 'done in a rush', and often work done in a rush is work that should be re-done.[/quote]

Perhaps I am but my kid is 6 and is a young 6 at that.  This one probably 2 months into the school year.  We are all entitled to a bad day.  She does not consistently hand in mess work and her work was not IMHO messy for a 6 year old.   The were written within the margins but the spacing was off.  Not all of the letters met the floor, the letters stop just shy.  Some letters did not make it to the middle line.  I have seen 6 year olds who can barely write and form their letters.  Personally, I still think teachers should be encouraging 1st graders and incenting them to produce their best work.  I guess all these kids with writing LDs and fine motor issues are out of luck.  I guess my mentioning of her perfectionist tendencies and responding to positive incentives should be ignore because I'm just another sensitive parent.  I guess I will tell her to shove when she tells me that my child can complete an assignment because she is constantly rewriting her work and never satisfied with her work and getting frustrated that her work isn't perfect.  This isn't Catholic school and it was not penmenship class.  [/quote]

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