Learning the Cursive January 18, 2010

While I was observing the way Ma’am Phine taught, I kept on training myself to write legibly in a cursive form. It seems that I went back learning the basic. While I was copying the class norms, enrollment list, daily cleaners, class program, etc.; I put so much effort to write it in cursive.

I remember the time when I was an elementary pupil. I was always the secretary of the class whose tough job is to write on the board. Having a good handwriting since then, my classmates would always elect me to be the class secretary.

I had these hands which work like a Xerox copy machine. Since we lack of books, I have to copy whatever is on the reference book, writing them on the board. Since I was not so tall enough to reach the upper portion of the board, I have to stand on the chair, bend my knees when I was already in the middle, and knelt down to write. Then, back to standing again at the next board. It’s really a tough job, going back and forth until it has consumed the class hours. Not only this, I also have to copy from my classmates note since I needed it as my reference.

If there is an award for this job, I have bagged medals every end of the school year. Perhaps, being a consistent ‘Best in Penmanship’ awardee is already a gratifying reward.

However, I don’t blame my teachers although it seems that they were really lazy. Indeed, I am thankful for their training. I was really trained to write legibly and develop my skills in lettering.

When I stepped in high school, I was not anymore the kind of Xerox copy machine. I had simple business like accepting lettering service which gave me extra allowance.

Now that I am already a student teacher, I have to get back from cursive writing. When I had my In-campus teaching in Grade II, they don’t have a writing subject. Hence, I never thought that Grade II pupils already had their cursive writing when I had my Off-campus. However, it’s quite easy to move on since I just have to retrain myself.

During vacant time, I kept on writing cursive like my profile and anything about me just to have something to write.

After all those refreshment, I finally get through. Now, I realized that it is really nice to be a teacher. It seems that my daily teaching experiences are the journals of my past. When I looked at the classroom, at the teachers and at the children, I was like driving back to my youngster.

In my observation, the students in public school are trained to have a good handwriting. I observed it in some of my students. They are good in cursive writing.