| Shorthand?! We didn't even learn that in the '80. Somehow I got through two degrees without knowing shorthand and I was still able to keep up with taking notes. (I also ditched cursive the second I got to college.) |
| Arcane and obsolete skill. Keyboarding is worthwhile. |
| Third grade with some follows in fourth and fifth. |
https://www.howlifeunfolds.com/learning-education/case-cursive-6-reasons-why-cursive-handwriting-good-your-brain |
DP. A random opinion piece is just that. Just because you read it on the internet does not make it true for every person everywhere. |
Nothing screams arcane and obsolete like citing a 1976 study on handwriting. |
| Our brains are powered by brawndo. It’s got electrolytes. President camancho outlawed cursive years ago |
| My kids never had cursive in school. We taught them at home just so they could at least read it easily. |
PP you replied to. I went through med school with shorthand, so I feel it's served me well. |
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240122-california-signs-cursive-writing-into-law-what-are-the-brain-benefits |
All this says is that writing with pen and paper is more beneficial than typing. None of the cited research says that cursive is better than printing, because it isn't. As a lefty, it was very difficult to write in cursive without smearing it and making a mess. I was so happy in college when the professors didn't care about cursive anymore. |
Can we at least agree that shorthand is arcane and obsolete? I think they stopped teaching it in the 1970s, and even then it was only taught to the girls. |
I had a shorthand class in high school mcps 20 years ago! Still use it to this day |
Is cursive a bad thing? |
Says someone who doesn’t follow neuroscience… |