Schools to Stop teaching Cursive!

I still write in cursive and still good at it. But not so professorial! ;)
 
I wonder how many future literary masterpieces they are denying us by doing this. I understand that Robin Moore (who wrote The Green Berets, among other things) wrote with his manuscript on top of a refrigerator, and Ernest Hemingway wrote standing at a lectern: he had dozens of pencils all sharpened and ready for use. :hmm:
 
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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This problem isn't just limited to the USA, if you look globally. It's getting worse outside the country. It has been going on for some time that digital print is likely the cause for the next generation in asian countries and probably others, arabic comes to mind - to forget how to write their language. Strokes and cursive formats are crucial to writing down characters correctly, as these language lack alphabets and latin based formats.

It's not a great situation to be in, but I can see it being positive in the americas.
 
Beowulf said:
I wonder how many future literary masterpieces they are denying us by doing this. I understand that Robin Moore (who wrote The Green Berets, among other things) wrote with his manuscript on top of a refrigerator, and Ernest Hemingway wrote standing at a lectern: he had dozens of pencils all sharpened and ready for use. :hmm:
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Just because they won't be learning cursive doesn't mean they can't still handwrite it if they choose. But I doubt our future literary geniuses will be writing out much by hand. They are children of the keyboard age.:P And they could always put a laptop on a lecturn if the want to type standing up.
 
Writing in all caps is an engineering thing. It becomes a habit after you take drafting. I took drafting and started printing in all caps.
 
Naisho, interesting - I hadn't thought of the implications of handwriting to Asian and arabic languages.
 
jillio said:
I can certainly see why they would stop teaching it. Very few people actually write in standard cursive any more. Plus, they would be teaching a more useful skill to replace it with keyboarding. We are moving toward a paperless world. My nephew will be teaching a paperless class this fall in his high school. Text books and all on notebook.
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I can see the practicality of it, but, I find it sad as well.
 
I knew I was old when one of my high school students asked me what was a "typewriter."

Sigh.
 
sallylou said:
Writing in all caps is an engineering thing. It becomes a habit after you take drafting. I took drafting and started printing in all caps.
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Yeah, my dad had the habit, too. He was an engineer. Had beautiful printing, BTW.
 
Come to think of it, we no longer have to teach how to write in various letter formats except for the email versions of the business letters. That's sad. :( I love personal letters, handwritten and mailed (yes, snail mailed).
 
Beowulf said:
To quote the beginning of the second paragraphs, it says, "Indiana's school officials have announced that beginning in the new year, teachers no longer required to teach children the ancient are of cursive."
Yeah, let's focus on proper grammar and spelling. :roll:

Is are, ummm, art next?
Phooey. :(
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Good catch!
 
deafbajagal said:
Come to think of it, we no longer have to teach how to write in various letter formats except for the email versions of the business letters. That's sad. :( I love personal letters, handwritten and mailed (yes, snail mailed).
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Me too. I used to write a mail to friends... now, not anymore. =/
 
jillio said:
Just because they won't be learning cursive doesn't mean they can't still handwrite it if they choose. But I doubt our future literary geniuses will be writing out much by hand. They are children of the keyboard age.:P And they could always put a laptop on a lecturn if the want to type standing up.
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Gawd forbid some massive solar flare knocks out all the world's keyboards. Those people who used to sell pencils on street corners will make a triumphant return! :lol:
 
deafbajagal said:
Come to think of it, we no longer have to teach how to write in various letter formats except for the email versions of the business letters. That's sad. :( I love personal letters, handwritten and mailed (yes, snail mailed).
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Yep, snail mail letters are a thing of the past. Many times you are only asked to respond in email or by FAX.
 
jillio said:
That is what I thought you were referring to, but some people call all capitals "block printing".
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I call that uppercase printing. If I use a keyboard, I call it using all caps. :giggle:
 
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