Kids and writing.
Just wanted to hear what people's thoughts are on the standard of their kids writing.
My kids (grades 6 & 4) are in the French system here in Ottawa and whilst I am happy with their education so far their writing is absolutely brutal. So much so that their mother has taken it upon herself to teach them writing each evening at home. Speaking with parents with kids in the English system they state similar.
It's one of the few things that we bring up at the PT meetings but the responses are pretty arbitrary and seem to be based on the teacher's personal thoughts on the matter. e.g. "it's not that important anymore as most of their work will be via computer". Granted it varies from year to year with some teachers placing more emphasis on it suggesting it is not curriculum driven.
It just doesn't seem to be a skill that is taught and practiced anymore. Am I missing something? Just like the art of letter writing is pretty much dead, is writing really not that important anymore?
Curious to hear the thoughts of others.
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