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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So you're seriously telling me they don't teach handwriting, cursive, or typing/keyboarding/whatever? How are these kids supposed to effectively communicate their ideas? Or take essay tests, write papers, etc.?

I can teach my child how to type on a computer, and I will, but after already using Handwriting without Tears - both their printing and cursive courses and also basically teaching him how to read, I'm really wondering what the heck these "awesome" FFX county schools are doing. And don't get me started on spelling.

And, seriously, what about the many, many kids who don't have parents with the time, resources, or money to fill in these enormous gaps? Writing is a basic skill, isn't it? 
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To your first question:  yes.  That is true.

To all the rest of your comments -- yep... welcome to the club!  The ARE doing things in school, but I feel that they have gone too far away from some of the basics.  You have to be involved enough to make sure your kids get that on their own time (summers).  What's even worse is that if/when you do teach your kid cursive, the teacher won't expect them to use it and therefore they won't.  It doesn't help that much for you to teach them if the message they get at school is "doesn't matter!"  Your kid won't use it, and then s/he will lose the skill.

I grew up Catholic, but don't believe in it anymore.  However, one thing that Catholic school does better than public school is give kids a strong foundation in things like writing, spelling, self-control, politeness, writing essays, etc.  On the other hand, my friends who sent their kids to Catholic school (and have recently move them over to public in 9th and 6th grade) say that they wanted the greater rigor of math, foreign lang., science that public school offers.  So, nothing is perfect, but I think Catholic school does a good job in the first 4-5 yrs of elementary school, and then public school has more to offer.[/quote]

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