Why This 7-Year-Old Girl Just Got in Trouble For Writing Her Name in Cursive

8/21/16

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August 21, 2016 by Kate Schweitzer

When a teacher reprimands a student, you can safely assume the kid in question did something wrong. Maybe she pushed a classmate in line, or perhaps he called out an answer without raising his hand. Or maybe she wrote her name in cursive.

After turning in a homework assignment focusing on vowels, a 7-year-old girl named Alyssa received some harsh words from her teacher. In red pen at the top of the lesson sheet, her teacher wrote:

Stop writing your name in cursive. You have had several warnings.

Turns out, Alyssa’s mom — based in Kansas — had taken the time to teach her daughter to write in cursive and likely never imagined she’d get in trouble for it. After the photo was shared by a friend on…