DS, 9, is left handed and having trouble with smudging his work as he writes (I am LH and had the same until I worked out how to write at an angle).
have bought a left-handed, quick-drying pen for him to try out, but have been told now that he can't use it as it is blue ink, not black. FFS.
queried it (there were no black ones available) and was told that they 'have' to write in black in books.
Possibly blue would be ok for writing on walls then?
AIBU to want to have a major rant about petty, pedantic rules (with no logical reason to them) stifling creativity and individuality in children and adults alike?!
I'd have thought it better to write neatly in blue than it looking like a drunken spider trail in black. But what do I know? I'm just the parent.
Poor DS is dreading parents' evening as he thinks I'm going to throw a wobbler. It's a possibility.
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muminthenorthwest · 12/10/2013 18:30
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