Schools Phasing Out Cursive
It’s about damn time. I never understood why such emphasis was put on an arcane form of penmanship. They may as well teach architectural lettering… at least it is legible. (via thedw)
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It’s about damn time. I never understood why such emphasis was put on an arcane form of penmanship. They may as well teach architectural lettering… at least it is legible. (via thedw)
About fucking time.
spend Saturday morning at...elementary school open house with a predominantly...
loathed about elementary school, and more specifically, the 2nd through 4th grade,...that...
This is a terrible idea. We need for kids to learn more, not less, and handwriting is atrocious enough
don’t know what...is, but I can’t feel comfortable with this. I think handwriting
What happens if you moved too much as a kid and...learned it in the first place? If the...
I’ve gotten into writing more now that I have an awesome fountain pen, and I think it’s a shame they’re removing it. I...
its sad to see this go. i think schools should be focusing more...developing kids...
This kills me. It’s another way that schools are turning our children into robots. A person’s handwriting is part of...
This also makes me sad. I used to loooooooove practicing my cursive. I get it that kids probably have more important...
This makes me cry. I love cursive handwriting. I spent hours and hours in third grade practicing my little Fs and big Gs...
I agree. My cursive was gorgeous, but I stopped using it after middle school and now I can’t write in cursive for shit....
As much as cursive has always been forced upon me (My mom hired a “writing” coach for me in 4th grade…no joke)…since...
This is sad. I guess on one hand I can understand time budgeting concerns, but completely phasing it out seems...
I see this as nothing but a loss for the world, even if it is one most will never notice or care about. Technology is...
I’ve never been a fan of cursive, but I agree that it seems kids these days are much, much dumber than we were ever...
For me, this fits right in with the dumbing down of America. it goes hand in hand with kids who can’t tell time on a...
Well, this breaks my heart. My mother has beautiful...Her mother did, too. I spent...

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