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re: My 18 y/o son just called me, can't read cursive note left by owners he's dog-sitting for.

Posted on 5/5/23 at 10:48 am to
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
23369 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 10:48 am to
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I realize they stopped teaching it

When did this happen?
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
24197 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 10:49 am to
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still write in cursive 95% of the time.


Most places they just call that gay
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
16019 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 10:51 am to
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It's why they should still be required to learn to use an abacus and a slide rule, too.


I mean, they probably should. Not sure about a slide rule, but an abacus is a great visual tool for the basics of arithmetic and grouping numbers.
Posted by holdem Tiger
Member since Oct 2007
1141 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:06 am to
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
56868 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:16 am to
quote:

Millennials are birth years 1981

Wrong

People born in the 80s are like 50 so they’re boomers
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
59932 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:16 am to
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Yeah exactly, what am I missing here?


It was probably shitty handwriting.

I'm kind of surprised at how many people here don't get why it's not really taught much anymore since damn near everything is written on a computer or phone now. No shite they didn't learn it. They aren't going to use it.
Posted by GeauxGutsy
Member since Jul 2017
5511 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:22 am to
Not sure. I am sure about Louisiana education standards being at the bottom.
Posted by Strannix
President Trump's America
Member since Dec 2012
51276 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:24 am to
We probably wont be able to make gasoline in 20 years, the upcoming labor force is retarded
Posted by WhodatLSU95
Member since Nov 2019
601 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:25 am to
Not a millennial kid
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
10199 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:26 am to
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Write the school a letter asking for a partial refund


FIFY

Write the school a letter in cursive asking for a partial refund
This post was edited on 5/5/23 at 11:28 am
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
17111 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:28 am to
Same here...18 year old son, $100,000 in tuition, straight A student from elementary through graduation, and he can't read/write in cursive.
Posted by patnuh
South LA
Member since Sep 2005
7278 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:30 am to
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would think that the similarities between the shapes of the letters would give him enough information to make a rough interpretation.


Yeah, sounds like the kid might be tarded
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
86825 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:32 am to
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Not sure. I am sure about Louisiana education standards being at the bottom.



I'm so glad you came back to make the same irrelevant point a second time. No doubt you are a major contributor to our current rankings.
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
65934 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 11:33 am to
For important documents, I write in wingdings.
Posted by Bloodworth
North Ga
Member since Oct 2007
4154 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 12:19 pm to
People acting like cursive handwriting is some difficult thing to learn and waste of time. WTF? The Declaration of Independence and Constitution were written in cursive over 200 years ago. Seems like this nations founders saw value in cursive and they were a hell of a lot smarter than you pin heads bashing cursive. Why not leave well enough alone? Why the need to change everything? Why criticize people who prefer cursive? Is writing in cursive racist or something? Does it offend the LGBTQ community?

I think its sad that something as simple and efficient as cursive is being phased out in places. Besides, it takes too damn long to write in print.
This post was edited on 5/5/23 at 12:20 pm
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
112430 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 12:58 pm to
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got a stick shift in my truck and I call it my millenial anti theft device


This is good work from Gaucho
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
54850 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 1:03 pm to
So what do you do when you can't type on a keyboard? Making our kids semi-illiterate.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
53498 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 1:03 pm to
I’m calling blarney on The Mick - my almost 18 and almost 20 year old can read and write cursive

So can the younger ones

And we’re Irish
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
46834 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 1:20 pm to
Do these kids sign receipts in block letters?
Posted by StormyMcMan
USA
Member since Oct 2016
4515 posts
Posted on 5/5/23 at 2:05 pm to
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Seems like this nations founders saw value in cursiv


They didn't even have typewriters
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