I'm a senior in high school and am a teacher's aid for my last block class. Yesterday, I was grading tests and one kids handwriting was ridiculously bad....he didn't even try to write even a little neat. I asked my teacher about it and he told me to just count them wrong, but I don't really want to do that....
2007-01-10 14:15:47 · 22 answers · asked by Led*Zep*Babe 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
He is a smart kid.....after I figured out what he wrote I realized the answers were correct. He only got one wrong. But, then again, it might have been correct....it just looked like a squiggle though. It looks like he just slopped it on there..
2007-01-10 14:28:48 · update #1
I am an aid as well and I think it's frustrating when the students write totally illegibly. If people cannot read the work, it is not worth grading. Do not feel bad, it's just how it goes.
2007-01-10 14:19:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
When I was in school some kids would try to get a passing grade on an assignment they didn't do by scribbling anything incoherently on a piece of paper. They figured the teacher wouldn't want to admit they couldn't read it, so would at least give them a C or so, taking points off for bad penmanship. This was their way of getting a passing grade without studying or doing any of the work.
Your teacher is correct, even if the kid's paper you are grading is actually is due to bad penmanship and not to random scribbles in an attempt to get a passing grade. Part of any assignment is making certain it can be read, because if they can't be read then they can't be used. This is true in the 'real world' which school is supposed to prepare you for. The kids might as well get used to it now, when they still have an opportunity to make it right without worse consequences.
2007-01-10 14:31:50 · answer #2 · answered by marklemoore 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't sound like a decent teacher for just saying " count it wrong." Sounds almost like he is just being lazy.
When I was in HS, if your handwriting was unreadable, then teacher would grade it as an incomplete, and write unable to read handwriting, and have the student to retake the test.
I know that's not your place, but you can always bring it up to the teacher to say something to the student about his sloppy handwriting, instead of possibly failing a test in the future. I'm sure you wouldn't want a teacher to do that to you, especially if you don't it to go against your grades, if you're trying to get into a great college.
2007-01-10 15:39:54 · answer #3 · answered by chrissystout7679 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would mark it wrong if I were you.
Reasons :
Teach him to write properly, you will be doing him a favour. No one in the real world will be spending time reading his handwriting. Help him to get into the habit for neat handwriting from young.
He may hate you now, but then he will appreciate it when he grows up.
(Just for your information, I had terrible handwriting when I was a kid. One of my teachers constantly fail me in my papers as she said she cannot read my handwriting. I had to write really slowly and neatly for her papers. I really loathed her then, but I feel glad to have her as my teacher now, at least I can write something I can read 6 months down the road now.)
2007-01-10 16:35:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I teach in a Faculty of Medicine. ALL of my students have horrible handwriting .... it is a requirement to get into med school. Pharmacists can decipher MY handwriting .... and some of the nurses make a good stab at it ... which is why pretty much everything I write is done on the computer.
2007-01-14 14:01:21 · answer #5 · answered by levatorlux 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason the teacher told you to mark them wrong is this. He could have tried to write more legibly but chose not to. Out in the real world, in college or at work, no one is going to to take the time to try to decipher his handwriting, he will fail or loose his job. If the teacher has a policy that something has to be legible , stick with it. I know you want to be nice, but allowing him to make you jump through hoops to read his writing is not helping him.
2007-01-10 16:24:08 · answer #6 · answered by fancyname 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a teacher, and you can not grade what you cannot read. I give it back and tell him to write it over or type it. Then I grade it and deduct 10 points for it being late. The student doesn't like this. If he refuses I give him a zero. If he does it over and it is readable I grade it. If it is still not legible, I give him a zero. It doesn't take long for the student to get the idea that he has to make this readable for ME, not HIM. If he cares about his grades, he does better. If he doesn't care about his grades then he gets what he deserves.
2007-01-10 16:30:22 · answer #7 · answered by CAROL P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My teacher always told me if you dont know what they wrote mark it wrong. Its not worth the time. Honestly if that kid is in high school he/she should know that they cannot write like a pre schooler. I only say this because if you dont know what it is and when you ask them...how do you know that the kid did that on purpose so that they could fool you into marking those answers right.
2007-01-10 15:04:52 · answer #8 · answered by Ravi P 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The reason that high school teachers mark unreadable responses wrong is because of something that you mention in your details for this question. It is due to a lack of effort, on the students part, to write as neatly as possible.
2007-01-10 14:36:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is the child dyslexic or have a learning disability or just lazy? Hand it back incomplete and tell the kid you can't read his handwriting and ask him to print his answers.
Sometimes dyslexic kids' handwriting isn't good, they have trouble forming the letters or even words.
Your instincts to find out the reason for this shows alot more insight than your teacher's.
Good for you.
2007-01-10 14:25:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋