Schools to Stop teaching Cursive!

jillio said:
But, it still doesn't require cursive writing. In fact, it one is attempting to charm, one would do much better to study grammar and classical lit than cursive writing. Just because something is written in cursive does not make it automatically romantic or persuasive.

That is similar to saying one has to speak to be able to use English fluently, isn't it? Both are nothing more than modes of a language, and cursive writing isn't even a mode, but a style.
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The style gets them wondering and the proper mode gets them hooked. :lol:
 
IMHO, its dangerous to drop this. What if E-bomb strikes, keyboard will turn to useless dummy device. Scary if don't know how to write.
 
diehardbiker said:
IMHO, its dangerous to drop this. What if E-bomb strikes, keyboard will turn to useless dummy device. Scary if don't know how to write.
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People will still know how to write. They just won't be writing in cursive. I don't think, if the bomb strikes, anyone is going to be too concerned about their communication being in proper cursive style. Printed information will do just fine!:giggle:
 
StSapphire said:
Er, they still teach writing. Just not cursive.
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Why teach any kind of hand writing, including printing? If we follow your logic, even hand printing is a waste of time. It takes a long time to teach kids how to print legibly. What a waste! Everyone should use a keyboard for all communications. ;)
 
Reba said:
Why teach any kind of hand writing, including printing? If we follow your logic, even hand printing is a waste of time. It takes a long time to teach kids how to print legibly. What a waste! Everyone should use a keyboard for all communications. ;)
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Sounds good to me. :lol:
 
StSapphire said:
I dunno most voice to text software I've seen was rather crappy. It'd certainly be awesome if it actually worked, but most things I've seen needed about an hour of calibration for just one person's voice, and even then it wasn't all that accurate. Might be better now, though, dunno.



Haha, I like my toys. :P



Loopy special handwriting where all the letters are connected? It might also be that it simply hasn't been preferred or taught all that extensively the entire time I was in school, but most people could more easily and more quickly write in block letters, as well as having their handwriting be neater and more legible in block letters, among my classmates and other students close to my age.

I'll grant that could be a vicious cycle sort of thing, though.



I know. :(

Schools aren't (well, shouldn't be) the place for that, though, to me.



Huh. Must just be the career I'm in, I've never touched or used a fax once in my job. I use email for anything that would have previously used a fax. But then, I'm already spending 95% of my time on a computer for my job anyways.



I more meant the concept of rebates are silly. I understand why they do it (they get to claim it's "on sale" but they only have to give the sale to like 5-10% of the people who make the purchase), but it still rubs me very much the wrong way.



Yeah, I'm prolly weird in that regard. I take my laptop with me basically everywhere, and anytime I need to take notes, I either use that, or I use one of the many whiteboards I have in either my office at home or at my desk at work.



You probably have much, much better handwriting than me, lol.



Of course I did, I was a kid. I also spent a ton of my time reading, and playing on the computer, and all sorts of other things that I enjoyed.



Wait, what? People are accusing me of being mature now!? :(



Sometimes. But seriously, in poorer school districts, the teachers are far more likely to only stick with exactly what the curriculum dictates, whereas teachers in richer school districts often have much more leniency with their curriculum to teach what they see is actually more useful, meaning that for a while, richer school districts were teaching their students how to type, whereas poorer school districts were teaching their students cursive.



:roll:

Let me know how effective you are at doing any job which involves significant amounts of typing (which means more and more jobs since computers are being used more and more in a wide variety of positions) if you're not able to type without staring at the keyboard and if you can't type using more than two fingers. I know as a software developer, while you technically can do that, you're likely to be far less effective as a programmer than you are if you can touch-type.



Haha, just because something isn't a necessary skill and/or isn't necessarily useful for the general population doesn't mean it can't be useful to some people. I'm sure writing in cursive isn't a waste of time for some people (such as yourself). It all depends on if you'll use it and gain any benefit from it, which most school children (at least anymore) won't.



Well, I do that a lot, too. :giggle:

But seriously, how many kids do you currently think even know what a genealogy record is, or where to find them, or anything else?[/QUOTE]

The ironic thing is, most genealogy research is done on the internet.
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KristinaB said:
I guess you misunderstood what I said. I do hand write letters. Someone posted that ink pens and stationery was going out, so I mentioned that I use the paper meant for a printer and then hand write on that. My hubby gets a handwritten smushy letter from me every year for our anniversary and a short little letter at least once a week in his lunchbox. I do not very often type up a letter in the computer and I only email the family members who don't write back.
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That is sweet!
 
StSapphire said:
E-cards? Bleh, no thanks. That's one digital equivalent that got butchered early by Hallmark and extremely shitty graphics, and honestly, good riddance. (Though to be fair, I'm not a huge fan of actual cards, either.)

Rebates are silly as it is, though. I think Staples does it entirely digital now where you just go to a website and type in the receipt info. Now all they need to do is get rid of receipts, and then make all rebates "instant".



Faster for some, slower for some. I can type 3-5x faster than I can write by hand in either cursive or block writing, and when I type my notes, it's actually possible to read them at a later date!



Replaced by DVORAK or replaced by brain-computer interfaces?
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I use to send e card but they are horrible looking now and it cost money!
I do not buy cards anymore as I think it nuts to spend almost $4.00 on a card that will get thrown away after being read! I rather put the money toward the gift instead giving it to Hallmark!
 
StSapphire said:
Because of a lack of cursive? Cursive is silly and useless.



Cursive kind of reminds me of old English. It's nice for people to be able to read it, but I certainly don't think it's a necessary skill (or for that matter, even necessarily useful) that everyone should learn, by any means.



This year's education, sponsored by Apple.

(Side note: I'm a huge fan of getting newer and better technology into the hands of children earlier. I am not a fan of this, though, any more than I was a fan of my college's software development program practically being "sponsored" by Microsoft and only teaching MS programming languages.)



Isn't cursive a very rigid set of letters, the same way block printing is? For most people, I wouldn't think signatures would fall under either category, especially since for simplicity's sake, most signatures turn into essentially "letter, scribble, wiggle, hint of a letter". That's how mine is, at least. With the first letter being optional, lol.



None. :)

We're busy killing those off by teaching crap like this: Gatsby without greatness - Roger Ebert's Journal



I've read a surprisingly large number of articles about people who decided to go with standing desks for their day jobs that involve sitting (or in their case, standing) at a computer all day long.



So... what is it?



Instead, they should teach people how to properly write Facebook posts/comments and non-vitriolic comments on news stories.



It's all in the delay. If we somehow invent teleporters that can fit in your mailbox and allow you to instantly mail something to anyone (and allow you to check your mail from anywhere) then you might see a small resurgence in that, but I'd still be surprised simply because of the waste involved (envelope, paper, etc).



Seriously? People still use fax, too?
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Marty's vet fax things all the time for him. It keep me from having to drive all over the place and save me money on ga$!
 
MidnightSun said:
I attended private and public schools growing up. I think your handwriting tells alot about you, in fact Professional Handwriting Analysis is still used in many Federal court cases. My real problem with not teaching children cursive is the loss for those kids who really love it..I LOVE recving a hand written note or letter.
I write monthly "Here's What's Going On" letters to family and friends. With things being the way they are, having so many demands for our time, kids activities, working and going to school, caring for a ill family member, or even the gym. Yes you can scribble anything on a charge card recpt. they seldom check to see if you signed your name. I tried it myself before i decided to get rid of all charge cards. My Bank card is credit as well. All I can say is I see things changing so quickly, our children need the basics at least an I think cursive is a basic. Printing is no easier understood when done by a person who really just wants to complete something. Maybe it's my age, but
learning cursive was almost like art for me.. every manuscript I have written has been by hand. I do collect Fountain Pens. laughing and I would never think of sending a card to someone without a personal note in cursive, letting them know how much they mean to me. Ok again, maybe that's just me..laughing...Midnight..Peace to all.♥♥♥
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I use to try and analysis a boyfriend handwriting !
 
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