Schools to Stop teaching Cursive!

Reba said:
That's not going to fly when you have to sign documents in person. Not everything is done on line.
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You don't have to write cursive to sign a document. I sign documents all the time, and my sig could not be considered cursive even under the loosest standards.:lol:
 
jillio said:
Actually, my nephew wrote a grant and got the money to purchase iPads for every student in the class. Of course, they will have to return them, but still. This is a pilot program he designed.
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Yeah, the schools in Charleston got iPads for their students last year, too. They want to expand the program this coming school year. I think the first year iPads were donated by Apple.
 
Reba said:
Yeah, the schools in Charleston got iPads for their students last year, too. They want to expand the program this coming school year. I think the first year iPads were donated by Apple.
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Cool. Things are moving in that direction. Hopefully, the textbooks will be updated in the process, because they will have to use something that is digitally available.
 
jillio said:
You don't have to write cursive to sign a document. I sign documents all the time, and my sig could not be considered cursive even under the loosest standards.:lol:
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You print your name? Why?

I was with someone who didn't know how to sign his name cursively on his card at DMV, and he got all kinds of grief. They said printing your name is not signing your name.

Each class session that I interpret requires the signatures of the instructor, the student, and me.

Signatures are much more individual than printed names.
 
jillio said:
Cool. Things are moving in that direction. Hopefully, the textbooks will be updated in the process, because they will have to use something that is digitally available.
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They were using them for kindergarten and lower elementary students. The upper grade students use laptops and PCs.

If they can afford it, it's OK. It's not cheap technology. The schools are very high tech but the restrooms don't have soap, paper towels, or toilet paper, and they have to lay off teachers. Go figure.
 
Reba said:
You print your name? Why?

I was with someone who didn't know how to sign his name cursively on his card at DMV, and he got all kinds of grief. They said printing your name is not signing your name.

Each class session that I interpret requires the signatures of the instructor, the student, and me.

Signatures are much more individual than printed names.
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Not exactly. My signature is actually not legible. I was advised to develop an illegible signature for signing professional documents, because it is much more difficult for someone to forge. I now use it for everything. Much easier. And I have never had a problem with it being rejected.

Would people attempt to forge documents in the mental health field? Absolutely.
 
Imagine how the Declaration of Independence would have looked with hand printed lettering and names. :giggle:
 
Reba said:
They were using them for kindergarten and lower elementary students. The upper grade students use laptops and PCs.

If they can afford it, it's OK. It's not cheap technology. The schools are very high tech but the restrooms don't have soap, paper towels, or toilet paper, and they have to lay off teachers. Go figure.
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No, it isn't cheap technology. That is why my nephew had to write a grant to get the funding to start the program.

Yeah, my son had a laptop his junior and senior year of high school that was donated to the school by Dell. All upper level students had one.
 
jillio said:
Not exactly. My signature is actually not legible. I was advised to develop an illegible signature for signing professional documents, because it is much more difficult for someone to forge.

Would people attempt to forge documents in the mental health field? Absolutely.
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Makes me wonder how pharmacists know when doctors' names are forged on prescriptions. :hmm:
 
jillio said:
Not exactly. My signature is actually not legible. I was advised to develop an illegible signature for signing professional documents, because it is much more difficult for someone to forge.

Would people attempt to forge documents in the mental health field? Absolutely.
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So you do use a form of cursive, not block printed letters.
 
Reba said:
Imagine how the Declaration of Independence would have looked with hand printed lettering and names. :giggle:
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Even with a spell-checker, it wouldn't have needed any corrections. Awesome.
 
Reba said:
You print your name? Why?

I was with someone who didn't know how to sign his name cursively on his card at DMV, and he got all kinds of grief. They said printing your name is not signing your name.

Each class session that I interpret requires the signatures of the instructor, the student, and me.

Signatures are much more individual than printed names.
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I don't know about her but I print or half sign on temporary documents I deem unworthy of a real signature. Hotel papers, temporary badges, etc. Reduces identity theft.

Handwring analysis is a strong emphasis in document examination of criminal forensics.
 
Beowulf said:
Makes me wonder how pharmacists know when doctors' names are forged on prescriptions. :hmm:
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Actually, a doctor's signature is usually one of the most difficult to forge for the reasons I just gave. And pharmacists become very familiar with doctor's sigs that they see all the time.
 
Reba said:
So you do use a form of cursive, not block printed letters.
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Well, I guess you could call it that. Actually, only the first letter of each name can be read as such, and my last name is a print letter more than a cursive letter. And my first name letter is kind a mutant between a cursive "J" and a print "J".

By block print, do you mean printed all in capitals?
 
As a teacher...I proudly say BYE BYE cursive writing!!! Many students struggle with cursive and I find it completely useless and a waste of time. A lot of students with reading disabilities already struggle with reading print- can you imagine how much more difficult reading in cursive can be?
 
deafbajagal said:
As a teacher...I proudly say BYE BYE cursive writing!!! Many students struggle with cursive and I find it completely useless and a waste of time. A lot of students with reading disabilities already struggle with reading print- can you imagine how much more difficult reading in cursive can be?
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I was punished in high school once by being ordered to write "I will not chew gum in study hall" 500 times. I created a gizmo that allowed me to write it five sentences at a time and wonder of wonders, I was not caught. :lol:
 
Lucky you! I had to write my 200 sentences on the chalkboard: "I will not stick my tongue at the teacher." On the plus side, that's how I learned to spell the word "tongue." LOL!
 
deafbajagal said:
Lucky you! I had to write my 200 sentences on the chalkboard: "I will not stick my tongue at the teacher." On the plus side, that's how I learned to spell the word "tongue." LOL!
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Yep. Cursives, not cursors, I say. :lol:
 
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