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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I put my younger DD through private ES because MCPS didn’t teach her older sibling phonics or cursive. I’m a teacher myself, but secondary and honestly, have no idea how to teach either of those. Why would I expect the average parent to be able to?[/quote] You’re a secondary teacher but you think cursive actually matters? Weird [/quote] Handwritten notes promote retention more than typed ones and cursive can be written more swiftly than printing. Cursive writers often print more neatly as well, but the biggest difference is that students who can write in cursive can read it. The majority of my students can’t read cursive. They can’t read feedback from teachers who write in cursive, forcing teachers to print, which (again) takes longer and reduces the amount of feedback some teachers give. Nor can they read primary sources in cursive, so even in my AP courses, I was limited to transcriptions.[/quote]
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