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To think DS has THE messiest maths book? -sigh-

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ds12017 · 31/03/2017 03:34

17... and this is his neatest! His teacher is trying her best to not pull her hair out. This is his writing AFTER having to stay in at break to make it neater ConfusedBlush

To think DS has THE messiest maths book? -sigh-
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firsttimemum15 · 31/03/2017 03:49

What?

Thats not that messy it is fine

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Bue · 31/03/2017 03:51

That looks really neat to me! Confused

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MummyMuppet2x2 · 31/03/2017 03:55

His work looks pretty neat to me Smile

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ds12017 · 31/03/2017 03:57

Really? Shock I promise you, compared to many, it's really not great! It's so frustrating... In a really odd way.

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PenelopeFlintstone · 31/03/2017 03:58

Compared to my 15 year old's, it's a work of art.

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Plunkette · 31/03/2017 04:15

Erm, I have high standards I'd neatness in homework and written work but that is far from the messiest maths book I've ever seen in my life.

It's legible for a start.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't set high standards but given the child is 17 I'm not sure that sharing it on the internet is the way to go really.

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nooka · 31/03/2017 04:33

I would be absolutely delighted (and amazed) if my ds (also 17) ever managed to produce something as neatly laid out as that.

I'm also amazed that the OP's teacher really is pulling out her hair - is she a very new teacher perhaps My ds's teachers have always been very supportive of his struggles with writing neatly. For everything apart from maths and physics he uses a computer, but it's not really an option when using formula.

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SuperBeagle · 31/03/2017 04:55

It's absolutely fine.

I also think at 17, he doesn't need others dictating to him whether or not his work is up to their standard. We were always told in school and at uni that as long as it was legible (which his is), it's fine.

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Crankycunt · 31/03/2017 05:10

Confused looks fine. 17 years old? Unclench.

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BusterGonad · 31/03/2017 05:21

Are you serious?!?! Confused

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mnistooaddictive · 31/03/2017 05:29

Is this a stealth post? Matrices = further maths. As an experienced maths teacher I would love some of my a level students to produce work half that neat!

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Joey7t8 · 31/03/2017 05:46

There are no points in maths for neatness. I work with some seriously clever people, and their working out is usually illegible scrawl.

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MongerTruffle · 31/03/2017 05:50

That is actually really neat.

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MongerTruffle · 31/03/2017 05:50

But what was it before staying in at break?

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BarbarianMum · 31/03/2017 06:05

Well that's fine but this is the work he's redone yes? I guess the original was much worse.

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faithinthesound · 31/03/2017 06:35

He's writing on the line, and (for the most part) managing to do one number/one square. This is the kind of book I would hold up to show the younger kids I work with (new entrant to, say, age ten or eleven) what they ought to aspire to.

Not everyone writes like computer font. In terms of adequacy, that is seriously good.

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Passthecake30 · 31/03/2017 06:43

That looks really good to me. I'd say the marks are awarded for the answers being correct and the work needs to be legible and easy for the marker to follow, which it is.

I've done maths at degree level and I think yabu.

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TwatteryFlowers · 31/03/2017 06:48

Are you sharing this in the hope that people on the internet would laugh at how messy it is?
It's not messy, it's quite tidy and well organised.
I don't think keeping children (can you still really call him a child at 17?) in at break will do much for his motivation tbh; I think it just risks pushing him away.

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RaelImperialAerosolKid · 31/03/2017 06:50

It's fine - your maths book is a working document - you are thinking as you go along so mistakes, crossing out, corrections are part of the process. Saying that I could show you some horrors, his teacher needs to count her blessings if this is her main focus for improvement.

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Oblomov17 · 31/03/2017 06:58

Hmm looks perfectly fine to me.

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Dontactlikeyouknowme · 31/03/2017 07:01

I don't think you should be posting photos of your 17 year olds work on the internet.

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feathermucker · 31/03/2017 07:03

Is this some kind of stealth boast?! What were you hoping for OP??

This post doesn't make sense to me

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Ekphrasis · 31/03/2017 07:14

I think it's very neat.

I'm an artist and I can't be arsed with lines. I don't distinguish between left and right easily either. He's just a creative thinking out side of the box sort Grin

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ClopySow · 31/03/2017 07:24

mate...

That's practically typed it's so neat.

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OSETmum · 31/03/2017 07:31

It's fine and he's probably too busy getting the answer right to worry about neatness. But also, he's 17 you need to let go a little.

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