Cursive Banned?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ha, I wish my kid had learned how to write cursive. We barely had printing down at our local ES before 3rd grade.

Why? It's a useless antiquated skill

Says the person who can’t write in cursive… You can write more quickly using cursive, so it’s better for taking notes.

Cursive is also a more elegant type of handwriting people will use in letters and notes. If you don’t mind looking like an ill-bred bumpkin to the upper crust (because you are an American damnit and not a snob), by all means, continue to write your thank you notes in print.

Oh yes, all those letters and notes that I write daily. Idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At that age, other children may not be able to read cursive, which prevents peer reviews and collaborative work.

Too bad. Why should one kid be dumber down for somebody else. As for peer review, the better name is sharing errors to completely confuse each other.

Just send her to private. She’s clearly too smart for her peers.

[Anonymous]

Way to be reactionary. It is likely the teacher prefers printing because it is legible to more incoming 3rd graders. Will you please try to get some perspective and stop attacking teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ha, I wish my kid had learned how to write cursive. We barely had printing down at our local ES before 3rd grade.

Why? It's a useless antiquated skill

Says the person who can’t write in cursive… You can write more quickly using cursive, so it’s better for taking notes.

Cursive is also a more elegant type of handwriting people will use in letters and notes. If you don’t mind looking like an ill-bred bumpkin to the upper crust (because you are an American damnit and not a snob), by all means, continue to write your thank you notes in print.

You can take notes far faster typing. It’s a useless skill. I’m glad schools aren’t bothering to teach it anymore

[Anonymous]

Teach your child cursive.

If you can’t read cursive you will not be able to read many historical documents in their original form.

[Anonymous]

#humblebrag


The answer, OP, is because the other children cannot read cursive.

[Anonymous]

It’s not banned. Last year we would introduce a letter or two a week from the mid-point of the school year on. We’d go over it with the whole class and then it was an option students could choose while the teacher met with students during our intervention block. We got through most of the lower case letters.

[Anonymous]

Just chiming in to say my kid tries to write in cursive and it takes her forever. Her printing is much faster. Could be a time thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teach your child cursive.

If you can’t read cursive you will not be able to read many historical documents in their original form.

Kudos to you if you can read this easily, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teach your child cursive.

If you can’t read cursive you will not be able to read many historical documents in their original form.

Kudos to you if you can read this easily, PP.

Okay, I recognize I might have just posted something in German, but still...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teach your child cursive.

If you can’t read cursive you will not be able to read many historical documents in their original form.

Yeah! Make sure to teach them Greek and Latin and Aramaic too, lest they be unable to read historical documents in their original form!

/s

[Anonymous]

Is the teacher really young, like 22 or so? It’s possible they never learned cursive. I’m 32 and learned it in 2nd. We had to use cursive only in 3rd. But some young people may have just never learned. Just a thought but maybe it is so other kids can read it like others have suggested.

[Anonymous]

Many European schools still teach cursive first and people write in cursive there. Kids need to learn cursive.

[Anonymous]

Italic is speedy and legible, and I strongly endorse it for learning how to write. Children don't need to learn to write cursive. Many archivists and related professions do need to learn to read cursive. Some people that decorate cards for a living need to write in script. Nobody else needs it.

OP, I suspect the teacher cannot read cursive!

[Anonymous]

Are they still using quill pens in school? We don’t need to worry about ink puddles any more with pens and pencils.