Schools Should Teach Cursive

[Anonymous]

It's a skill that connects us to important documents of the past.

It's needed partially because being able to read it gives you the option to go back to original sources.

If your school isn't teaching it, make sure you teach your children.

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[Anonymous]

I'd rather have more emphasis on typing (on a keyboard).
That's more applicable.

[Anonymous]

Agree. My kids went to a Montessori school for preschool and elementary and they were taught it. I would give them supplemental work at home too and would tell them to do all the writing in cursive. It’s their default now as teens. I cannot tell you how many middle and high school teachers have commented on how they can’t believe their know cursive and that they never see kids use it and most don’t know it at all.

Aside from history, it is really great for brain development too

[Anonymous]

Cursive is a useless skill. Even if you know it, you can't actually read anyone else's writing because cursive handwriting is atrocious. This is particularly true of old documents.

At most, we should put cursive in the same category as teaching Latin.

[Anonymous]

I don't know that it's that hard to teach. I showed my kid his full name in cursive and he copied it pretty easily.

One summer as a teen I was bored and learned how to so calligraphy in a bunch of different fonts from a book.

[Anonymous]

If you're kid is too cognitively disabled to learn to read and write cursive, then accomodations are called for.

Everyone else can learn basic literacy skills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cursive is a useless skill. Even if you know it, you can't actually read anyone else's writing because cursive handwriting is atrocious. This is particularly true of old documents.

At most, we should put cursive in the same category as teaching Latin.

Is it your theory that no one could read those old documents when they were created?

[Anonymous]

Our parochial school still teaches cursive to all kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd rather have more emphasis on typing (on a keyboard).
That's more applicable.

Yes, the rare towering intellect that can handwrite as well as type commands a million dollar salary. Normal human beings can only learn one or the other.

[Anonymous]

One of mine enjoys drawing, has beautiful block handwriting, and taught themself beautiful cursive.

The other can't write or draw, and doesnt want to learn cursive.

I learned cursive but wouldn't make effort to make it legible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd rather have more emphasis on typing (on a keyboard).
That's more applicable.

With a statement like this, you are putting on display your narrow mindedness and short sightedness. Congratulations.

[Anonymous]

Modern cursive is different from historical cursive. I learned cursive and still have a hard time reading even things like letters written home during WWII. That said, I exclusively write notes to my kids in cursive so they at least know how to read it. One of my kids is learning in school, the other never learned it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our parochial school still teaches cursive to all kids.

Parochial schools are notorious for not teaching math. I would rather my children learn math in school and cursive at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cursive is a useless skill. Even if you know it, you can't actually read anyone else's writing because cursive handwriting is atrocious. This is particularly true of old documents.

At most, we should put cursive in the same category as teaching Latin.

Is it your theory that no one could read those old documents when they were created?

In the same way that some people can translate Latin, but most can't. You're certainly not going to read cursive like you read a book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd rather have more emphasis on typing (on a keyboard).
That's more applicable.

With a statement like this, you are putting on display your narrow mindedness and short sightedness. Congratulations.

Deal with it. Cursive isn't making a comeback. It's dead. And for good reason. It's a waste of time for 99% of people to learn.