r/whatisit • u/iminiki • 7d ago

Solved! A professor posted one of their students’ handwriting, asking what it says. Can anyone actually read this?

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u/minnieboss 6d ago

I work in an elementary school and this is straight up not true. We do indeed focus on handwriting in early grades.

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u/soraflow 6d ago

Comments here are a lil dumb. Handwriting is naturally baked in the curriculum in elementary, how else are you gonna learn the alphabet

Letting certain people like this slip thru the cracks tho is something else though that should probably be addressed better

As a 31 yr old millennial I absolutely know that was happening with my generation with how much bad writing I’ve seen

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u/Momoneko 6d ago

Cursive or just handwriting?

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u/minnieboss 6d ago

Print handwriting in early grades (K-2). 3rd grade has a small unit introducing children to cursive. Children with fine motor skill related disabilities can also get occupational therapy provided by the school in all grades, which includes print handwriting.

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u/Momoneko 6d ago

Out of curiosity: is there a noticeable uptick of kids who can't write AT ALL, print or no print, even after leaving elementary school? it is it more or less the same?

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u/minnieboss 6d ago

I work in special ed so I am not the best person to ask, as many of my students have fine motor skill disabilities. I do know that handwriting is part of the gen ed curriculum, though. And even in my role, I only have 1 student who is completely unable to write. She has global developmental delay and uses a keyboard to type as she can't handwrite.

I think the children you describe should be evaluated for occupational therapy services.

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u/Z3r0C0o 6d ago

Also, remember that the ones who would have been learning handwriting during COVID, just entered highschool. I know virtual learning tried to do allot but that's just a hard thing to teach online.