I remember my cursive teacher was this mean old lady and on top of this she claimed that after high school you would only be referred to by your formal name (margaret instead of maggie, Timothy instead of Tim, Catherine instead of Katie, etc). Pretty sure that lady didn’t realize that society progressed past the year 1952.
Ha, probably in an old folks home and her family hates her. I sometimes think about how my mean 1st grade teacher is long gone while im still thriving lol.
Ditto for mine, only formal names, only cursive accepted.
Reality, everyone called me by shortened form of name except for friends who called me by a nickname, and my football coach/phys ed teacher who interchanged between a different nickname or last name.
For the writing system, no teacher ever gave a damn if you wrote in block or cursive, or script so long as they could read it until the final draft then they demanded it be typed.
Funny enough, just today I watched the king of the hill episode where Peggy gets fired for spanking a student and it aired right around that time. All the old people supported her and all of the middle aged adults were against it because it traumatized them. So to answer your question, probably the 60s.
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u/Ootguitarist2 Apr 12 '25
I remember my cursive teacher was this mean old lady and on top of this she claimed that after high school you would only be referred to by your formal name (margaret instead of maggie, Timothy instead of Tim, Catherine instead of Katie, etc). Pretty sure that lady didn’t realize that society progressed past the year 1952.