What year for curvsive
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Anonymous
| Do they still teach cursive and shorthand in MCPS and is it an 8th grade elective? |
Anonymous
| My kids learned it in third grade, very briefly, and then it was over and done. |
Anonymous
| My kids didn’t learn it in school |
Anonymous
| Never, teach it at home. |
Anonymous
They never did. |
Anonymous
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Mcps stopped teaching cursive in school years ago. Very disappointing. I buy my own cursive workbooks for my kids.
-mcps staff member |
Anonymous
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No elective class in either.
Shorthand would be cool. Do keyboarding along with it, and maybe some other techniques. |
Anonymous
Shorthand? No one teaches or uses shorthand any more. |
Anonymous
| No. I taught my kids cursive in elementary. I wanted to teach them shorthand to take notes in high school, but they laughed and said they take all their notes on the laptops and my shorthand is useless. I think it can be modified for typing, but they're teens and think they know everything, so... |
Anonymous
| MCPS stopped teaching it. It used to be taught standardly from 3rd through 5th grades. |
Anonymous
Taking notes in shorthand is a terrible idea. Writing every word down, in shorthand or otherwise, means you aren't thinking and organizing and synthesizing. |
Anonymous
| My DC’s third grade teacher taught it to them last year - not sure if this was just something on her initiative? My DC really liked it though and tried to learn and use it. |
Anonymous
Never and it’s no longer needed. No cursive is necessary with docusign. Real reply. |
Anonymous
Taking notes in class means you are memorizing at best, frantically transcribing at worst, not thinking. |
Anonymous
| My kids learned cursing in 3rd grade, unfortunately. |