This is asinine!  This teacher is half writing in cursive himself!

Being an educator myself, I would say that this teacher’s comments are inappropriate. But you have to look at it from the teacher’s perspective also, I have seen a few students who have half learned cursive, either from another country or parents, and it is illegible. Such is the case with this student’s writing, if you look at her letter formations. It is frustrating for teachers to decipher this on an ongoing basis. Imagine all whole report or story written this way. My opinion is that either you do it correctly or you stick to printing.

I realize in this particular instance a printed name (vs. a signature) would be assumed by most people who have some experience. But this is a young kid. So this teacher is either 22 and can’t read cursive, or is simply being an ass.

When it comes time to “sign” her name, I guess all of our modern “educators” would rather have the girl put an “X” - like the uneducated masses in the 17th century, LOL. Depending on how hard each person presses on their pencil will uniquely identify everyone.