• DesTeufelsAvocado@feddit.de
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    2 years ago

    I don’t know if this counts, but I do remember one teacher in the second grade told me, the way I write the number 4 would be wrong. I wrote it with the triangle, a closed tip, just as you see in most fonts. My teacher was unhappy about it and told me the tip of the 4 should be open. She forced me to write a whole sheet of paper at home with 4’s just the way she writes it. I cried, it was unfair, and asked for support from my mother, but she shrugged and said: “If you teacher wants this, do it.”

    I am still mad about this nonsense. Today I use to write my 4 just with the tip closed, stupid teacher.

    • Kempeth@feddit.de
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      2 years ago

      I used to write the lowercase letter a in fractured form (without the little umbrella) until I got to highschool and got technical drawings as a subject. I liked the umbrella-variant better and decided to switch.

      If you prefer the open 4, go ahead!

    • Shurf116@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, power tripping teachers are infuriating. I still remember the teacher who insisted I have to keep my paper at 45 degrees counterclockwise while writing which is technically correct but for right-handed people, and I’m a leftie. So now my handwriting is a freaking mess :D