I assigned my (3rd grade) students to write a folktale. One kid wrote this and I cannot stop laughing.

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Lies! I played that game. Got nothing but junk from the boss.I assigned my (3rd grade) students to write a folktale. One kid wrote this and I cannot stop laughing.
Haha that's awesome. That kid got a future
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I don't know what is more hilarious - that he wrote this or that he thought this was 100% acceptable to turn in to me. lmfao
The focus on player gratification will open him/her many doors in the business.
pants pooped 10/10.
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Lies! I played that game. Got nothing but junk from the boss.
Well it is supposed to be a folktale. lol
You better give him a good grade.
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You better give him a good grade.
I dunno. Video game reviews passed off as folktales? I give him an A for selling me on the product.
Suppose a gold star in the corner should be a fair compromise
Amazing. This one took his life experience and wrote it down on paper.
Lemons/10
Is anyone else a little concerned about the handwriting of this third grader. It looks like first grade level.
▼ Perhaps elementary school has changed since I was a child but the hand writing and spelling errors is what would be expected of a first grader not a third grader. I'm sorry but that really bothered me when I saw it was a third grader. I'm not trying to be a dick I was just kind of shocked.
Is anyone else a little concerned about the handwriting of this third grader. It looks like first grade level.
I'm 18 and my handwriting is even worse than his. I wish mine was that good.
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Is anyone else a little concerned about the handwriting of this third grader. It looks like first grade level.
▼ Perhaps elementary school has changed since I was a child but the hand writing and spelling errors is what would be expected of a first grader not a third grader. I'm sorry but that really bothered me when I saw it was a third grader. I'm not trying to be a dick I was just kind of shocked.
Not all children are the same. Some of the students in this class are highly proficient in penmanship but struggle in areas like math or physical education. Other students are highly proficient in arithmetic, but struggle with language arts and music. Also, some students in the class are developmentally disabled across a wide academic spectrum - everything from common dyslexia to cerebral palsy.
So, in other words, no need to be shocked. Children are every bit as varied/flawed as adults.
I'm 18 and my handwriting is even worse than his. I wish mine was that good.
Bad handwriting is a privilege, you have to earn the right to smear across the paper at will.
It's usually earned at the same age as you leave school, meaning no teacher is going to reprimand you. The two are entirely coincidential.
That's awesome!
Does he know that you know that he ripped off a game, instead of coming up with his own folktale?
I can't remember what brought it up, but Bioshock was mentioned with some of my middle school kids last semester. They flipped when they found I'd I played it. I got a lot of "teachers don't play video games!" It blew their pubescent minds.
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That's awesome!
Does he know that you know that he ripped off a game, instead of coming up with his own folktale?
I can't remember what brought it up, but Bioshock was mentioned with some of my middle school kids last semester. They flipped when they found I'd I played it. I got a lot of "teachers don't play video games!" It blew their pubescent minds.
Oh I know. I try so hard to NOT tell my classes that I play, otherwise it gets them totally off track! They are blown away.
As for this student, knowing him I am pretty sure he realizes he ripped off a game. Being that this class isn't my class (I was just filling in for the regular 3rd grade teacher that day), I have my doubts that he fully understood what a folk tale is. I sure hope Mr. Thompson - their regular teacher - reviewed it with them. lol!

"I do say that's quite badass."
That kid is going places.
Although in school I did once write a story that was essentially just an amalgamation of video game stories and characters that I had played.
Not only did they not notice, they commended me on excellent writing abilities for a 7th grader.
Bad handwriting is a privilege, you have to earn the right to smear across the paper at will.
It's usually earned at the same age as you leave school, meaning no teacher is going to reprimand you. The two are entirely coincidential.
Bad penmanship is also not necessarily a sign of low intelligence. If that were the case, I'd be worried about every doctor I ever had. I think bad penmanship is a requirement for medical school.
you call that bad writing? lol, you should see mine, it'd make you claw your eyes out, also, the things i used to write in the 3rd grade would make a drunk sailor blush
That kid is going places.
Although in school I did once write a story that was essentially just an amalgamation of video game stories and characters that I had played.
Not only did they not notice, they commended me on excellent writing abilities for a 7th grader.
Or in gaming terms: U ch347iNg h4CKZ0R!1!!eleven
Bad penmanship is also not necessarily a sign of low intelligence. If that were the case, I'd be worried about every doctor I ever had. I think bad penmanship is a requirement for medical school.
Eh, it's all a question of viability and practice. Once you get into the later stages of education, you don't really write much, you type it. After school, either in higher education or in business, you nearly exclusively type and all you actually write is your signature and possibly some notes here and there on your organizer or post-it notes.
It's only natural that you get out of practice when you literally (pun intended) stop. And hand in hand with that goes the good old maxime of "if you have to write, all you need is them being able to read it". It doesn't have to be pretty, just readable. Hell, most of the time as I've just mentioned, the only person who has to read your handwriting is yourself and if you can't read your own handwriting, THEN you've got issues.
Case in point about the practice thing:
I am doing asian studies and it involves learning a new language (two in my case), all of which come with their own alphabets (yup, plural - for each language!). My penmanship improved drastically, for two obvious reasons: I'm learning/practicing new alphabets and since most of that early stage learning is done on dead-tree form, I don't do it electronically (plus those alphabets aren't exactly forgiving when you add/miss a couple lines ... and there's lots of lines), meaning I can't rely on the wonders of New Roman Times.