Lovely little Grand-daughter (aged 10) attends the Aspley State School in Brisbane, and that’s exactly the type of cursive writing she’s being forced to learn. The teacher, in her infinite wisdom, failed her first test because Grandie insisted on looping her g’s and y’s , which is the way both DD and I taught her when she was only just 4 years old, and I must admit her ‘running writing’ is extremely good, very close to the old style ‘copy book’ writing. However when my DD confronted the teacher regarding the ‘fail’, teacher stated that Grandie MUST COMPLY – my daughter’s response was “you can't fit a square peg into a round hole”, to say she was livid is an understatement.

Obviously the Queensland Education Department don’t want anyone to 'dare to be different'. She’s top student in her class at Maths & Science, but failed English just because of her 'loopy doops' on the g’s and y’s; never mind the fact that she can spell Ornithorhynchus and is more comfortable speaking to older students and adults than her peers and yes, she's an only child and only Grandie, but not by choice DD can't have anymore children and our Son passed away at age 20 of a congenital heart condition, so no more Grandies for us, she's very, very precious.