Cursive Banned?

[Anonymous]

My third grader learned at Catholic school last year. He is writing his name on his school work in cursive but seems to be using print for the actual work. He’s not good enough at cursive to use it exclusively— it would take him longer because it’s not automatic yet. I am going to have him keep practicing it at home. He doesn’t push back and I think it’s good for his fine motor coordination. I don’t like how much is being done on the computer at school so some handwritten work at home should help balance it. I’m going to make it part of his chores for which he earns a small allowance. I don’t care if he doesn’t end up using it much in the future.

[Anonymous]

Most under 30 cannot read it.

[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.

I tried to understand the point you were making here… but I can’t decipher it. I guess you dumbered it down too much for me!

Who really loses out if the peers can’t read the work? It’s not the peers. Writing in cursive isn’t for smarter kids. It’s just different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My third grader learned at Catholic school last year. He is writing his name on his school work in cursive but seems to be using print for the actual work. He’s not good enough at cursive to use it exclusively— it would take him longer because it’s not automatic yet. I am going to have him keep practicing it at home. He doesn’t push back and I think it’s good for his fine motor coordination. I don’t like how much is being done on the computer at school so some handwritten work at home should help balance it. I’m going to make it part of his chores for which he earns a small allowance. I don’t care if he doesn’t end up using it much in the future.

That is how it becomes automatic. He needs to use it for everything for a year - then it will be easy and quick and he'll develop his own style of cursive.

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If you can’t read cursive you will not be able to read many historical documents in their original form.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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I tried to understand the point you were making here… but I can’t decipher it. I guess you dumbered it down too much for me!

Who really loses out if the peers can’t read the work? It’s not the peers. Writing in cursive isn’t for smarter kids. It’s just different.

This post just seems like another crappy attempt to attack teachers.

[Anonymous]

About 8 years ago I was told by a parent I was not allowed--forbidden--to write any feedback to his 8th grade student in cursive because the student couldn't read it. Any time said student received written, non-typed feedback, it could not be in cursive. And if I were to forget, he would be complaining to the principal. Every time.

That family was a peach.

[Anonymous]

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

Amen to this. I may have my kids work on it as I think it's a nice skill to have, but I have to laugh at the idea that people aren't smart because they can't write in cursive. Cursive came into use to preserve the quill a person would be writing with centuries ago. Later it evolved into penmanship, which is very much a class based tool to judge your background. So it's funny to me that people think the level of education is declining and they are clutching their pearls because their kids don't have this obsolete skill.

I remember our teachers drilling us for whole class periods to learn to write cursive. It's the 21st century. I'd much rather my kids be learning knowledge or skills that will actually benefit them, like math, science, basic computer science/coding, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:About 8 years ago I was told by a parent I was not allowed--forbidden--to write any feedback to his 8th grade student in cursive because the student couldn't read it. Any time said student received written, non-typed feedback, it could not be in cursive. And if I were to forget, he would be complaining to the principal. Every time.

That family was a peach.

They sound like jerks, but you shouldn't be providing feedback to a student in a format they can't process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About 8 years ago I was told by a parent I was not allowed--forbidden--to write any feedback to his 8th grade student in cursive because the student couldn't read it. Any time said student received written, non-typed feedback, it could not be in cursive. And if I were to forget, he would be complaining to the principal. Every time.

That family was a peach.

They sound like jerks, but you shouldn't be providing feedback to a student in a format they can't process.

+1. This person is a troll and hasn't taught in 20 years.

[Anonymous]

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

Lol. No, it’s not. Who told you that?

[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

Amen to this. I may have my kids work on it as I think it's a nice skill to have, but I have to laugh at the idea that people aren't smart because they can't write in cursive. Cursive came into use to preserve the quill a person would be writing with centuries ago. Later it evolved into penmanship, which is very much a class based tool to judge your background. So it's funny to me that people think the level of education is declining and they are clutching their pearls because their kids don't have this obsolete skill.

I remember our teachers drilling us for whole class periods to learn to write cursive. It's the 21st century. I'd much rather my kids be learning knowledge or skills that will actually benefit them, like math, science, basic computer science/coding, etc.

I’ve never seen somebody so confident about their knowledge of the history of writing and the origin of cursive and yet so astoundingly wrong at the same time.
Signed, a type designer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Amen to this. I may have my kids work on it as I think it's a nice skill to have, but I have to laugh at the idea that people aren't smart because they can't write in cursive. Cursive came into use to preserve the quill a person would be writing with centuries ago. Later it evolved into penmanship, which is very much a class based tool to judge your background. So it's funny to me that people think the level of education is declining and they are clutching their pearls because their kids don't have this obsolete skill.

I remember our teachers drilling us for whole class periods to learn to write cursive. It's the 21st century. I'd much rather my kids be learning knowledge or skills that will actually benefit them, like math, science, basic computer science/coding, etc.

I’ve never seen somebody so confident about their knowledge of the history of writing and the origin of cursive and yet so astoundingly wrong at the same time.
Signed, a type designer

Really? Do tell.

[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

It's excellent for eye-hand coordination. it trains the brain to learn functional specialization. It allows for faster note-taking, which when done by hand, increases knowledge retention. It's easier for dyslexic people to read/process.

I don't think one thing in here is actually true. Cursive is a holdover from when people used fountain pens and picking the pen up and down meant ink blots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

It's excellent for eye-hand coordination. it trains the brain to learn functional specialization. It allows for faster note-taking, which when done by hand, increases knowledge retention. It's easier for dyslexic people to read/process.

I don't think one thing in here is actually true. Cursive is a holdover from when people used fountain pens and picking the pen up and down meant ink blots.

Every single thing about how we write is a holdover from the earliest written language. Every. Single. Thing.