D in reading? Really / myLot

Shingle Springs, California

September 8, 2008 6:59pm CST

Well this is a funny story from my childhood. Apparently I taught myself to read when I was 4 years old. When I was in first grade I was reading at a third grade level. So my mom was flabbergasted when I came home with a D in reading. When she spoke to my teacher, the teacher said it was because she couldn't read my handwriting! I can laugh about it now (my handwriting is still messy) but at the time my mom was ticked!

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terri0824

@terri0824 (5203)

• United States

9 Sep 08

Reading Writing and Arithmetic. At least you had a A in the reading part! Can't be perfect in everything can we? I guess some things never change if your handwriting hasn't improved over the years! Just not meant to be!

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terri0824

@terri0824 (5203)

• United States

9 Sep 08

Yeah, I agree the handwriting should have gotten the D not the reading!

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TheRealDawn

@dawnald (85137)

• Shingle Springs, California

9 Sep 08

The teacher's argument was that because she couldn't read my handwriting, she couldn't tell if I was understanding what I was reading. But heck she could have asked questions if there was any doubt!

TheRealDawn

@dawnald (85137)

• Shingle Springs, California

9 Sep 08

No, the point was that I got a D in reading when the handwriting was the problem!

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barehugs

@barehugs (8973)

• Canada

9 Sep 08

You must have been a Doctor in your previous life! No one knows why Doctors writing is illegible, but I suspect its so their customers don't know what they wrote. I want to be a Gynecologist in my next life. I've always wanted to be one, ever since I learned to pull a calf from his mother's womb by his front legs.

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TheRealDawn

@dawnald (85137)

• Shingle Springs, California

9 Sep 08

lol I doubt it. I faint at the sight of blood...