Anonymous wrote:My kid learned in 3rd grade. But they don't keep it up, so it hasn't really stuck. I think the only real benefit it to be able to read things written in cursive.

Mine did too. They are young adults now and I don't think they would know it anymore. They also have never written a check...but they are independent self supporting adults.

My kid learned in 3rd grade. But they don't keep it up, so it hasn't really stuck. I think the only real benefit it to be able to read things written in cursive.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not part of Common Core curriculum so schools don't teach it anymore.

Virginia doesn’t follow Common Core.

“Write legibly in cursive: Write capital and lowercase letter of the alphabet” is part of the FCPS curriculum.

my kids went thru an AAP center and none of them learned cursive! why aren't the schools required to follow the curriculum!

Anonymous wrote:It's not part of Common Core curriculum so schools don't teach it anymore.

Virginia doesn’t follow Common Core.

“Write legibly in cursive: Write capital and lowercase letter of the alphabet” is part of the FCPS curriculum.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Why would they? Maybe to sign their names? Docusign baby.

So they can read cursive.

When will they need this in their every day life? Besides for reading Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas from grandpa and grandpa?

If they need to sign legal documents? I guess they can just print, but yikes. Also, if they ever wanted to read historical documents in their original form?

I learned cursive and even I can’t read old cursive. It’s quite different from modern cursive.

It's not that different. I work at the National Archives and I didn't need to take a class on old cursive to read the documents.

DP. I agree, once your eye becomes accustomed, then it is readable. My DS, who can write cursive, though, couldn't read any of the documents at the Archives at all. I suspect that we, who grew up both writing cursive and school and reading our classmates and teachers various styles of cursive, have so much more experience that we can learn to read the old handwriting. But our kids, who may have had one teacher spend a little time on cursive and occasionally will see a classmate's writing, just don't have any experience to help them learn it.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Why would they? Maybe to sign their names? Docusign baby.

So they can read cursive.

When will they need this in their every day life? Besides for reading Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas from grandpa and grandpa?

If they need to sign legal documents? I guess they can just print, but yikes. Also, if they ever wanted to read historical documents in their original form?

I learned cursive and even I can’t read old cursive. It’s quite different from modern cursive.

It's not that different. I work at the National Archives and I didn't need to take a class on old cursive to read the documents.

Anonymous wrote:No. Why would they? Maybe to sign their names? Docusign baby.

Read historical documentation original source.

My older son (class of 2028) didn't do any cursive in school. I made him learn to sign his name during Covid (4th-5th grade). My younger son (class of 2031) got a packet from his teacher that they did in their free time at school. He can do it a little bit. I used to get really upset about this, but now I don't think it's that big a deal. We joke that they'll have to develop a google translate for cursive writing for Gen Z and younger.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Why would they? Maybe to sign their names? Docusign baby.

So they can read cursive.

When will they need this in their every day life? Besides for reading Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas from grandpa and grandpa?

If they need to sign legal documents? I guess they can just print, but yikes. Also, if they ever wanted to read historical documents in their original form?

I have a few friends in genealogy groups, and they say that it's a constant request, interpretation of historical documents, because they can't do it. And misinterpretation is quite common.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Why would they? Maybe to sign their names? Docusign baby.

So they can read cursive.

When will they need this in their every day life? Besides for reading Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas from grandpa and grandpa?

Studies show that it strengthens the cross-hemisphere connections in the brain. Cursive is also a faster and more efficient way to write than print, and studies show that writing (versus typing) notes is much more effective for memory retention.

Which is why California is requiring cursive again. It's broadly useful.

I agree with all of this and it's a shame it's not taught and reinforced more. But, no one asked me. So . . .

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Anonymous wrote:No. Why would they? Maybe to sign their names? Docusign baby.

So they can read cursive.

When will they need this in their every day life? Besides for reading Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas from grandpa and grandpa?

Studies show that it strengthens the cross-hemisphere connections in the brain. Cursive is also a faster and more efficient way to write than print, and studies show that writing (versus typing) notes is much more effective for memory retention.

Which is why California is requiring cursive again. It's broadly useful.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Why would they? Maybe to sign their names? Docusign baby.

So they can read cursive.

When will they need this in their every day life? Besides for reading Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas from grandpa and grandpa?

If they need to sign legal documents? I guess they can just print, but yikes. Also, if they ever wanted to read historical documents in their original form?

I learned cursive and even I can’t read old cursive. It’s quite different from modern cursive.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Why would they? Maybe to sign their names? Docusign baby.

So they can read cursive.

When will they need this in their every day life? Besides for reading Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas from grandpa and grandpa?

If they need to sign legal documents? I guess they can just print, but yikes. Also, if they ever wanted to read historical documents in their original form?

It's not part of Common Core curriculum so schools don't teach it anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Why would they? Maybe to sign their names? Docusign baby.

So they can read cursive.

When will they need this in their every day life? Besides for reading Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas from grandpa and grandpa?

They fill out social studies packets in writing. They complete unit tests in writing. They have nightly math homework sheets that require sentence explanations. They have science packets that they write in. They have weekly spelling tests and Greek stem tests which are in writing. All of their definitions and sentences using the weekly vocabulary is in writing. Not everything is on the computer.

Yes, and all of these can be done in print, not cursive.