re: My 18 y/o son just called me, can&#39;t read cursive note left by owners he&#39;s dog-sitting for.

Posted by lsu777

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:35 am to The Mick

why is reading or writing cursive a good life skill? its a useless skill 99.99% of the time. congrats of finding the 1 time it is useful.

Posted by tigerinthebueche

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:35 am to The Mick

Laughing while you admit you’re a failure as a parent. Aces.

Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:36 am to GetCocky11

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But its embarrassing as hell if you can't read it

I think handwriting plays a part here, as well. I doubt it's just the cursive part.

Posted by The Mick

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:36 am to High C

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I would think that the similarities between the shapes of the letters would give him enough information to make a rough interpretation.

Exactly what I said... some of the letters are very similar. He sent pic of note and the moms has a bubbly/sloppy penmanship so it's a tough one.

Posted by upgrayedd

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:36 am to High C

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I would think that the similarities between the shapes of the letters would give him enough information to make a rough interpretation.

Posted by jizzle6609

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:36 am to lsu777

Its not about the writing at all.

Its about the work and effort it took to learn it.

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Posted by castorinho

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:37 am to The Mick

Ok, so poor handwriting. Not a cursive issue.

Posted by Jake88

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:37 am to The Mick

Printing is trashy.

Posted by White Bear

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:38 am to The Mick

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lol

Instead of laughing you should be embarrassed.

Posted by ProjectP2294

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:38 am to jizzle6609

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Its not about the writing at all.

Its about the work and effort it took to learn it.

This is why I feel it's ridiculous it's not taught anymore.

ETA: It's part of teaching kids how to learn.

This post was edited on 5/5/23 at 8:40 am

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Posted by lsu777

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:39 am to ProjectP2294

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I still write in cursive 95% of the time. It's kind of ridiculous that they don't teach it anymore.

why? 99% of stuff is done on a computer, why do they need to waste time teaching something that is outdated and no longer used?

should we teach how to type using a type writer too? or how to use an old style counting machine to do math or how to use a rotary phone?

what about a pay phone, should we be teaching kids how to use that too?

guess you think balancing a checkbook(who the frick uses a checkbook anyways) is usefull too?

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Posted by The Mick

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Posted on 5/5/23 at 8:39 am to castorinho

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Ok, so poor handwriting. Not a cursive issue.

Poor handwriting doesn't help in this case, but it's a cursive issue. Both kids are 3.8-4.0 students, older one has 4.0 after 2 yrs in college. Neither can read cursive. (I'm sure they can make out a few letters but they definitely cannot read it).