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Originally Posted by ricoFlame
As a teacher, I have trouble believing that there are many teachers out there that believe that writing isn't an important skill moving forward. pretty sad if that is indeed the case.
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That's straight up from a PT meeting. She just felt that there wasn't as big a need or emphasis on it as before.
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Originally Posted by ricoFlame
That said, if the only practice a child is getting in their fundamental life skills (reading, writing, math, etc) is at school, they're likely going to be behind or show gaps in these areas, unless they show natural talents in these areas or are phenomenal self-starters (which seems to be increasingly rare these days, there are more things kids have/are given to occupy their time)
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I have never seen them given writing exercises for homework ever. Reading and Math, yes. Writing, no.
Thanks for the response. Have you as a teacher noticed any changes in the standard of writing over time?