Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 21:00     Subject: What year for curvsive
My kids learned cursing in 3rd grade, unfortunately.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 20:59     Subject: What year for curvsive
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No. I taught my kids cursive in elementary. I wanted to teach them shorthand to take notes in high school, but they laughed and said they take all their notes on the laptops and my shorthand is useless. I think it can be modified for typing, but they're teens and think they know everything, so...


Taking notes in shorthand is a terrible idea. Writing every word down, in shorthand or otherwise, means you aren't thinking and organizing and synthesizing.


Taking notes in class means you are memorizing at best, frantically transcribing at worst, not thinking.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 20:45     Subject: What year for curvsive
Anonymous wrote:Do they still teach cursive and shorthand in MCPS and is it an 8th grade elective?


Never and it’s no longer needed. No cursive is necessary with docusign. Real reply.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 20:43     Subject: What year for curvsive
My DC’s third grade teacher taught it to them last year - not sure if this was just something on her initiative? My DC really liked it though and tried to learn and use it.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 19:57     Subject: What year for curvsive
Anonymous wrote:No. I taught my kids cursive in elementary. I wanted to teach them shorthand to take notes in high school, but they laughed and said they take all their notes on the laptops and my shorthand is useless. I think it can be modified for typing, but they're teens and think they know everything, so...


Taking notes in shorthand is a terrible idea. Writing every word down, in shorthand or otherwise, means you aren't thinking and organizing and synthesizing.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 19:56     Subject: Re:What year for curvsive
MCPS stopped teaching it. It used to be taught standardly from 3rd through 5th grades.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 19:33     Subject: What year for curvsive
No. I taught my kids cursive in elementary. I wanted to teach them shorthand to take notes in high school, but they laughed and said they take all their notes on the laptops and my shorthand is useless. I think it can be modified for typing, but they're teens and think they know everything, so...
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 19:31     Subject: What year for curvsive
Anonymous wrote:Do they still teach cursive and shorthand in MCPS and is it an 8th grade elective?


Shorthand? No one teaches or uses shorthand any more.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 19:31     Subject: What year for curvsive
No elective class in either.

Shorthand would be cool. Do keyboarding along with it, and maybe some other techniques.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 19:29     Subject: What year for curvsive
Mcps stopped teaching cursive in school years ago. Very disappointing. I buy my own cursive workbooks for my kids.
-mcps staff member
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 19:28     Subject: What year for curvsive
Anonymous wrote:Do they still teach cursive and shorthand in MCPS and is it an 8th grade elective?


They never did.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 19:28     Subject: What year for curvsive
Never, teach it at home.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 19:27     Subject: What year for curvsive
My kids didn’t learn it in school
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 19:26     Subject: Re:What year for curvsive
My kids learned it in third grade, very briefly, and then it was over and done.
Anonymous
Post 08/26/2024 19:22     Subject: What year for curvsive
Do they still teach cursive and shorthand in MCPS and is it an 8th grade elective?