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Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:05 pm to Bedhog
state mandated it a few years ago, basically the last week or two of 2nd grade in lots of schools
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:06 pm to Esquire
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This. I’m screwed if I ever have to claim fraudulent signatures because mine is different every time
shite, I leave out half the letters in my name more often than not
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:08 pm to slackster
My cursive Z’s looks like a seahorse getting f’d by a tapeworm
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:11 pm to Bedhog
My stepdaughter went to school in Florida and two schools in Colorado and none of them taught cursive. If she see's something written in cursive she can barely read it. I was taught it but I doubt I remember how to write a sentence in cursive anymore.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:11 pm to ellishughtiger
Brought the kid to the DMV for the permit, and they asked for a signature to be on the permit. Kid just looked at me dumbfounded.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:12 pm to Bedhog
Fun fact, college professors absolutely hate it when you write on your exam in cursive.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:15 pm to slackster
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It's a debate in plenty of schools. It's still taught in LA.
Cursive is not a relevant skill or knowledge anymore, but old school people won't let it die. It's asinine.
We even have electronic signatures now, making cursive even more obsolete.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:17 pm to Bedhog
Im 25, when I was in elementary school we were taught cursive. We were basically threatened to learn it. "When you get to high school you will be forced to write in cursive, and when you get to college your professors wont accept anything that is not cursive".
Both of these were some big fat lies. The only letters I know how to still write in cursive is my namr,and even then my signature is basically a scribble that is ineligible.
Both of these were some big fat lies. The only letters I know how to still write in cursive is my namr,and even then my signature is basically a scribble that is ineligible.
This post was edited on 6/12/19 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:23 pm to Bedhog
My daughter is now a sophomore in high school. She was never taught cursive writing in school.
My youngest son is a 4th grader and learned cursive last year. He attends the same grade school that his sister attended. It seems for about 6 years the school district decided that cursive writing was a waste of time.
However, now that some of the non-cursive kids are hitting college and the job market, it is becoming apparent that they actually need the skill, albeit, minimally. Seems many people in the job world still use it. And the kids that weren’t taught it, don’t know how to read it effectively.
Anyway, I’m glad my son can do it. My daughter is now teaching herself with a 3rd grade workbook.
My youngest son is a 4th grader and learned cursive last year. He attends the same grade school that his sister attended. It seems for about 6 years the school district decided that cursive writing was a waste of time.
However, now that some of the non-cursive kids are hitting college and the job market, it is becoming apparent that they actually need the skill, albeit, minimally. Seems many people in the job world still use it. And the kids that weren’t taught it, don’t know how to read it effectively.
Anyway, I’m glad my son can do it. My daughter is now teaching herself with a 3rd grade workbook.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:23 pm to TigerintheNO
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state mandated it a few years ago, basically the last week or two of 2nd grade in lots of schools
i think it's the opposite. state no longer mandates it be taught, but several schools still do. i think it's only really useful to learn it for a signature.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:24 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
quote:Do you have monogrammed stationery ma'am?
when writing letters or thank-you notes
This post was edited on 6/12/19 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:42 pm to The Mick
When I taught middle/high school the kids did not know how to write cursive and could not read it. Also they did not know their multiplication tables past 6 and could not do long division by hand(no calculator). Cursive is a hand/eye motor coordination skill like driving a 3 on the tree.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:48 pm to hubertcumberdale
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Who signs their name legibly, in perfect cursive? Never seen that before. When I sign my name I literally just scribble my initials
Being born before many of the parents of this group I do write in cursive and find it a much faster way to write things down as opposed to print.
And yes, you can see what my name is when I sign things since it is legible and easily read-----that is, if you can even read cursive.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:56 pm to SantaFe
C
This, learning to write cursive is like so many other skills that are taught in school, you may not use them all the time but the actual act of learning them is the skill. Try becoming a surgeon or dentist with out learning fine motor skills from things like hand writing. It can be done but not nearly as easily.
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ursive is a hand/eye motor coordination skill like driving a 3 on the tree.
This, learning to write cursive is like so many other skills that are taught in school, you may not use them all the time but the actual act of learning them is the skill. Try becoming a surgeon or dentist with out learning fine motor skills from things like hand writing. It can be done but not nearly as easily.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 3:58 pm to gumbo2176
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I do write in cursive and find it a much faster way to write things down as opposed to print.
No one is writing anything by hand anymore, and the people that do won't soon bc they will be dead.
edit: didnt mean that in a dick way, just most of the people that write by hand anymore are boomers/older folks
This post was edited on 6/12/19 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 6/12/19 at 4:27 pm to hubertcumberdale
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No one is writing anything by hand anymore, and the people that do won't soon bc they will be dead. edit: didnt mean that in a dick way, just most of the people that write by hand anymore are boomers/older folks
No offense taken. When I was young I too thought older people were kind of lame in their set ways. I've lived long enough to realize it's generationally repeated.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 4:29 pm to Bedhog
Yeah.
Posted on 6/12/19 at 4:31 pm to Bedhog
Yes, my rising 4th grader has been using it in school the last two years because his hand writing is so sloppy. He goes to an expeditionary charter school, founded by Outward Bound 20 years ago, if that helps.
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