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You should definitely talk to another teacher about this. This is, in my opinion, a pointless waste of time. This isn't a handwriting class. I have a college degree and have never heard of anything like this, except as a punishment. Tell the other teacher that you aren't learning anything, because you are focused on your cramped hand the whole time. Hopefully that teacher will advise you on who to talk to about your situation.
In the meantime, take frequent breaks for your hands. If you can't write anymore, then don't. Turn in your incomplete writing, and see a counselor about switching to a different class.
ok summerize it..like not every word. Make it simmi long but not that long. teacher will never know..unless u tell her. shes not going to read all of those papers
Learn to write with both hands and switch between writing hands.
Isn't copy directly from a textbook illegal? I believe what your teacher is having you do is called plagiarism!
Are you kidding me? You have to copy the chapter? That's insane.
I understand that your teacher wants you to read through the text and deal with the information, but that would be better done by having you outline the chapter. My parents are teachers, I grew up around teachers, and I currently teach high school classes at our co op...and I've got to say I've never seen a teacher assign this.
Will your teacher allow you to type it out and hand it in? Or is s/he someone that you can ask what the purpose of the assignment is? Or if it's possible to modify the assignment - like to have you outline the chapter and write a summary of the sections? This would show that you actually understand, rather than that you can copywork for hours on end.
I would think that you'd actually have problems dealing with the info after spending several hours mindlessly copying it down. That's absolutely insane... Quite frankly, if my son got assigned something like that, I'd be calling the teacher, and the administration, to get it stopped.
There really is no way to keep your hand from hurting - the muscles in your hand aren't meant to do that much repetitive work.which would be why so many office workers end up with carpal tunnel. (Yet another reason that your teacher shouldn't assign such an absurd thing.)
Oy...no real advice, except to have your parents work on getting the teacher to change the assignment. Academically and physically, that's just no good.
There should be other science teachers in the building. You can either ask them, email them or get your parents to email them asking if this type of behavior is normal.
Copying pages down word-for-word is one of the dumbest ways to learn, in my opinion, if that is the intent of your teacher. It sounds a great deal like punishment to me.
Also, a local newspaper that's lacking stories may be interested in this type of work. I'm pretty sure that copying entire chapters out of biology books went out of fashion a few decades ago.
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