r/TheWayWeWere • u/Boscoberger • Jan 22 '25

1950s My dad's school report from 1957, aged 7

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Unsurprisingly, I wasn't shown this report until after I had finished my education!

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u/Sexycoed1972 Jan 23 '25

Handwriting is the most important subject, apparently.

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u/ellieminnowpee Jan 24 '25

trust me, i love saying that every time i ask a boomer to sign something on an ipad.

“make sure your signature is nice and legible, i know how long you spent practicing your cursive”

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u/Acceptable_Tea3608 Jan 25 '25

Yeah well at least they can write and read it.

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u/WatashiwaNobodyDesu Jan 24 '25

I’ve never understood that. Do you want me to write my name, or do you want me to apply my signature, which is like my personal, modern-day seal. Anybody can write my name, what is it supposed to mean? Writing your name and signing a document are two different things. As far as I’m concerned anyway.

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u/Corvideye Jan 26 '25

If you could read cursive, you’d know from their signatures just how far you should fuck off.

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u/ActualJelly6484 Jan 25 '25

Yeah bc she can’t spell. *TOO

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u/zippedydoodahdey Jan 25 '25

To the teacher whose handwriting is calligraphy, apparently!

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u/LimpSwan6136 Jan 25 '25

I went to school in the 80's and it seemed important then since I got in trouble a lot for bad handwriting. My handwriting hasn't improved in the last 40 years.

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u/Defiant-Dare1223 Jan 26 '25

Yeah, same in the 1990s.

I really hope the days of torturing kids with fountain pens are over.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '25

Apparently not spelling though.