Should we go back to teaching cursive

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Also teaching this at home.

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I think the teachers have unrealistic demands placed upon them, so I don’t fault them for not having the time. That being said, it’s an important skill, so we are teaching at home.

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Cursive is archaic and obsolete. If schools are running out of relevant skills to teach, I don't have any particular objection. I mean, if they're still teaching square dancing, they should definitely teach cursive instead of that.

Printing gives you all of the same retention and fine motor skill benefits. Typing is clearly far more important to functioning in day-to-day life. Teach them how to sign their name and read the Constitution and call it a day.

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Good news OP, my 4th grader started cursive this week.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, they need to teach writing skills, whether cursive or just decent printing, so that you don't have more 26 year olds who write like this. What an embarrassment for someone that old. This looks like my 10 year old's handwriting.

So if it was so bad, practice with them. Be a parent!

I hate this dude I really do but he has traumatic brain injury. Making fun of his handwriting because of that is the lowest hanging fruit. He has legitimately awful politics you can go after without being ableist.

NP, and I would accept that he had a disability that prevented him from writing neatly if he could show that he experienced other limitations on his fine motor skills. But he still owns a gun, so evidently not.

I have a neurological disorder. Firing a gun would not be a challenge, handwriting is. I’m a preschool teacher and have worked very, very hard on it. It’s still not great.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, they need to teach writing skills, whether cursive or just decent printing, so that you don't have more 26 year olds who write like this. What an embarrassment for someone that old. This looks like my 10 year old's handwriting.

So if it was so bad, practice with them. Be a parent!

I hate this dude I really do but he has traumatic brain injury. Making fun of his handwriting because of that is the lowest hanging fruit. He has legitimately awful politics you can go after without being ableist.

NP, and I would accept that he had a disability that prevented him from writing neatly if he could show that he experienced other limitations on his fine motor skills. But he still owns a gun, so evidently not.

I have a neurological disorder. Firing a gun would not be a challenge, handwriting is. I’m a preschool teacher and have worked very, very hard on it. It’s still not great.

Maybe your penmanship isn’t great, but I’m willing to bet you can still read cursive.

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Anonymous wrote:Cursive is archaic and obsolete. If schools are running out of relevant skills to teach, I don't have any particular objection. I mean, if they're still teaching square dancing, they should definitely teach cursive instead of that.

Printing gives you all of the same retention and fine motor skill benefits. Typing is clearly far more important to functioning in day-to-day life. Teach them how to sign their name and read the Constitution and call it a day.

Oh, I hope they are still teaching square dancing. That was so much fun and I am all for anything that helps to develop all parts of the brain. Whoever decided that having kids sit at a desk all day long tapping at a keyboard without regard to the development of the brain through physical education should be taken out back and put down.

There is so much more to learning than sitting still at a desk and tapping away and staring at a computer keyboard all day long. I am also a fan of handwriting as it too helps to develop the brain. It is also requires much more purposeful coordinated movement than typing on a keyboard.

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Anonymous wrote:Cursive is archaic and obsolete. If schools are running out of relevant skills to teach, I don't have any particular objection. I mean, if they're still teaching square dancing, they should definitely teach cursive instead of that.

Printing gives you all of the same retention and fine motor skill benefits. Typing is clearly far more important to functioning in day-to-day life. Teach them how to sign their name and read the Constitution and call it a day.

Oh, I hope they are still teaching square dancing. That was so much fun and I am all for anything that helps to develop all parts of the brain. Whoever decided that having kids sit at a desk all day long tapping at a keyboard without regard to the development of the brain through physical education should be taken out back and put down.

There is so much more to learning than sitting still at a desk and tapping away and staring at a computer keyboard all day long. I am also a fan of handwriting as it too helps to develop the brain. It is also requires much more purposeful coordinated movement than typing on a keyboard.

+1 I'd rather my kid learn square dancing then have to sit through an idiotic Flocabulary video.

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Anonymous wrote:The ability to read and write cursive will be the defining line between upper classes and lower classes. Children in private schools are taught cursive as a matter of course. The public school system, in choosing not to teach cursive, is installing up its own glass ceiling.

You're funny.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, they need to teach writing skills, whether cursive or just decent printing, so that you don't have more 26 year olds who write like this. What an embarrassment for someone that old. This looks like my 10 year old's handwriting.

It's possible that his injuries (brain/spine) affected his fine motor skills.

I have a kid with dysgraphia and this is offensive to me. It is very misunderstood and my child was abused by an elementary school teacher despite kid having an IEP and accommodations. My kid will never be able to handwrite normally. My spouse and I are not terrible parents who didn't teach our kid to write.

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Anonymous wrote:Cursive is archaic and obsolete. If schools are running out of relevant skills to teach, I don't have any particular objection. I mean, if they're still teaching square dancing, they should definitely teach cursive instead of that.

Printing gives you all of the same retention and fine motor skill benefits. Typing is clearly far more important to functioning in day-to-day life. Teach them how to sign their name and read the Constitution and call it a day.

Oh, I hope they are still teaching square dancing. That was so much fun and I am all for anything that helps to develop all parts of the brain. Whoever decided that having kids sit at a desk all day long tapping at a keyboard without regard to the development of the brain through physical education should be taken out back and put down.

There is so much more to learning than sitting still at a desk and tapping away and staring at a computer keyboard all day long. I am also a fan of handwriting as it too helps to develop the brain. It is also requires much more purposeful coordinated movement than typing on a keyboard.

+1 I'd rather my kid learn square dancing then have to sit through an idiotic Flocabulary video.

Perhaps you should sign your child up for a dance class or team sport if you haven't already
They have just as much focus on coordination and motor skills.

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Anonymous wrote:The ability to read and write cursive will be the defining line between upper classes and lower classes. Children in private schools are taught cursive as a matter of course. The public school system, in choosing not to teach cursive, is installing up its own glass ceiling.

This. I agree with this. Cursive is another means of learning. Study after study shows our brains are wired to learn by reading and writing. Printing is tough for kids to do with any sort of speed. And typing into a keyboard for notes actually bypasses the brain. So it is not part of the learning process (it is literally wasted time) - where if note taking with cursive a vast majority of kids would be learning as they were writing then they review. They get the auditory from listening, the tactile and visual from writing, then they review the material.

The same that studies show kids learn better with textbooks than computer screens. IT is very important but understanding that our brains are wired a certain way is key to education.

I have a child with dysgraphia. We were told that cursive was easier for kids with this disability. This is a myth that has been debunked along with a lot of this other pseudo science that says cursive does something exceptional to the brain.

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Anonymous wrote:In VA, cursive is supposed to be taught in the second or third grade. Ask your child's teacher about it.

Supposed to be? There is no requirement to teach cursive in Virginia schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, they need to teach writing skills, whether cursive or just decent printing, so that you don't have more 26 year olds who write like this. What an embarrassment for someone that old. This looks like my 10 year old's handwriting.

So if it was so bad, practice with them. Be a parent!

I hate this dude I really do but he has traumatic brain injury. Making fun of his handwriting because of that is the lowest hanging fruit. He has legitimately awful politics you can go after without being ableist.

NP, and I would accept that he had a disability that prevented him from writing neatly if he could show that he experienced other limitations on his fine motor skills. But he still owns a gun, so evidently not.

You are ignorant. You don't understand the first thing about motor skills. And yes, it is possible to have terrible fine motor skills and still be able to be proficient at firing a weapon.

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Anonymous wrote:I think kids should at least learn how to read cursive and also be able to sign their name in cursive. Other than that, optional.

This is no joke but we had a young admin assistant in my office and during her first week I left a note on her desk about some tasks she needed to accomplish the next day. I have impeccable cursive. She confided in me the next day that she could not read cursive and asked if I could print any notes. I said no and fired her on the spot.

You write notes to an admin in cursive? LOL.

Finding it hard to believe you actually have a job, let alone an admin who you fired.

Agreed. That pp is a horrible person and would be a horrible boss.