Should we go back to teaching cursive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree that cursive is such a beneficial life skill to master. And because it is so easy for young teachers to poo poo it and dismiss it a "not necessary" (especially since they often never had the privilege of being taught it either), now a whole generation of kids is deprived of its benefits.

I’m a teacher and parent in my mid-40’s, and I think teaching cursive is a waste of time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What on earth for?

To read the Constitution.

Is it only available in cursive?

[Anonymous]

Look at the skills that employers want. every state has a list. In Virginia, none of them are saying they’d like the workforce to be able to right in cursive. If I was a betting person, I’d venture that the other states’ lists are void of cursive, too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Education cannot be the same as when we were kids. The world is not the same as when we were kids. The job market is not the same as when we were kids. All of these kids need to learn how to type, which, by the way, is also fine motor.

Somehow my middle school managed to teach us cursive and typing.

Sad, parents no longer take any responsibility. We taught our children both.

PP. If my child's school didn't teach these things, I would absolutely teach them at home. My parents taught me how to type and made me play Mario Teaches Typing before I took any classes on at school. Cursive is a basic skill. What's next, proper table manners are too old-fashioned and classist so everyone should let their kids chew with their mouths open like barbarians?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Education cannot be the same as when we were kids. The world is not the same as when we were kids. The job market is not the same as when we were kids. All of these kids need to learn how to type, which, by the way, is also fine motor.

Somehow my middle school managed to teach us cursive and typing.

Sad, parents no longer take any responsibility. We taught our children both.

PP. If my child's school didn't teach these things, I would absolutely teach them at home. My parents taught me how to type and made me play Mario Teaches Typing before I took any classes on at school. Cursive is a basic skill. What's next, proper table manners are too old-fashioned and classist so everyone should let their kids chew with their mouths open like barbarians?

Cursive ain’t a basic skill. It’s not important at all. And table manners should be taught at home, so- apples and oranges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Education cannot be the same as when we were kids. The world is not the same as when we were kids. The job market is not the same as when we were kids. All of these kids need to learn how to type, which, by the way, is also fine motor.

Somehow my middle school managed to teach us cursive and typing.

Sad, parents no longer take any responsibility. We taught our children both.

PP. If my child's school didn't teach these things, I would absolutely teach them at home. My parents taught me how to type and made me play Mario Teaches Typing before I took any classes on at school. Cursive is a basic skill. What's next, proper table manners are too old-fashioned and classist so everyone should let their kids chew with their mouths open like barbarians?

Cursive ain’t a basic skill. It’s not important at all. And table manners should be taught at home, so- apples and oranges.

Cursive WAS an important skill. In 1875. Of all the bones to pick in education, this ain’t it. Teach them how to evaluate sources of information, cook, handle their finances- but cursive gets them nowhere.

[Anonymous]

We should teach cursive

And that Columbia was friend with Indians.

Cracking knuckles causes arthritis

Catching frogs could give you warts

and the earth is flat

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at the skills that employers want. every state has a list. In Virginia, none of them are saying they’d like the workforce to be able to right in cursive. If I was a betting person, I’d venture that the other states’ lists are void of cursive, too.

Write…! Voice to text error.

[Anonymous]

Which school districts don’t teach cursive?

Any?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at the skills that employers want. every state has a list. In Virginia, none of them are saying they’d like the workforce to be able to right in cursive. If I was a betting person, I’d venture that the other states’ lists are void of cursive, too.

Write…! Voice to text error.

Somewhat ironic that.

[Anonymous]

Teacher here. Fine motor coordination in middle grades is very lacking. My new 3rd and 4th graders have kindergarten penmanship and coloring skills. A small handful of very mindful students are writing legibly and fewer still writing legibly and quickly. For all the "typing is also fine motor" people, we just spent over a year doing that and now parents want us off screens in the classroom.

[Anonymous]

I am 38 and haven't written anything significant by hand since college, much less in cursive. By law school, everyone brought a laptop to class and took notes like that. I use cursive for the occasional thank you note, but that's it, and I certainly don't care if people write notes in cursive to me. In a professional context, you'd better be sending your thank you note by email. My evaluation is done by the end of the day or the next day at the latest, so anything received after that achieves nothing, plus I hate snail mail cluttering up my office. If parents want their kids to learn cursive for social reasons, they should teach it themselves. This is a waste of class time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 38 and haven't written anything significant by hand since college, much less in cursive. By law school, everyone brought a laptop to class and took notes like that. I use cursive for the occasional thank you note, but that's it, and I certainly don't care if people write notes in cursive to me. In a professional context, you'd better be sending your thank you note by email. My evaluation is done by the end of the day or the next day at the latest, so anything received after that achieves nothing, plus I hate snail mail cluttering up my office. If parents want their kids to learn cursive for social reasons, they should teach it themselves. This is a waste of class time.

I completely agree. Unfortunately, people in their 70s and 80s who vote in mass get very upset about cursive being removed from curriculum. Some states have even passed laws mandating cursive.

I've had some heated conversation with my parents and their friends in their 70s about kids learning cursive. They get so worked up about it.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 38 and haven't written anything significant by hand since college, much less in cursive. By law school, everyone brought a laptop to class and took notes like that. I use cursive for the occasional thank you note, but that's it, and I certainly don't care if people write notes in cursive to me. In a professional context, you'd better be sending your thank you note by email. My evaluation is done by the end of the day or the next day at the latest, so anything received after that achieves nothing, plus I hate snail mail cluttering up my office. If parents want their kids to learn cursive for social reasons, they should teach it themselves. This is a waste of class time.

I completely agree. Unfortunately, people in their 70s and 80s who vote in mass get very upset about cursive being removed from curriculum. Some states have even passed laws mandating cursive.

I've had some heated conversation with my parents and their friends in their 70s about kids learning cursive. They get so worked up about it.

Which schools in VA don’t have cursive?