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24. Well, yeah. Analog clocks aren't for communicating they're for telling time.

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Tue Nov 29, 2022, 02:28 PM

Nov 2022

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Lament #1 about what's happening to the latest generation. [View all] LAS14 Nov 2022 OP

you have a point there,but .. DBoon Nov 2022 #1

Were their parents and grandparents sending them messages in Latin? nt LAS14 Nov 2022 #2

Latin was used for scholarly learning until fairly recent DBoon Nov 2022 #9

I Would Pay Money RobinA Nov 2022 #14

I can't imagine why; Cicero hasn't written anything new in years... brooklynite Nov 2022 #15

It's a made-up issue that's way too close to "we're losing the western world!!!!!!" for my liking. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2022 #3

As an educator, I disagree Bucky Nov 2022 #30

Cursive is not the only thing that teaches those fine motor skills. Many, many art skills do the WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2022 #35

True, but painting doesn't have that critical de-coding component Bucky Nov 2022 #38

I rebelled about cursive not being taught in schools. Prairie_Seagull Nov 2022 #41

I'd forgotten about the Palmer Method Bucky Nov 2022 #43

Seen on Facebook: Cursive: A secret language for old folks. CrispyQ Nov 2022 #4

Grandparents/parents didn't/don't communicate via analog clocks. nt LAS14 Nov 2022 #23

Well, yeah. Analog clocks aren't for communicating they're for telling time. CrispyQ Nov 2022 #24

That's fascinating Bucky Nov 2022 #31

Should kids still be required to FSogol Nov 2022 #5

None of those address the message being sent to the older generation who have.. LAS14 Nov 2022 #22

Well, thanks to the discovery of the Rosetta stone, we are able to understand Demotic, Egyptian FSogol Nov 2022 #26

A common problem with DU posts. LAS14 Nov 2022 #44

How? I see what you are typing. n/t FSogol Nov 2022 #46

Well, learning to write in cursive also teaches how to read in it. MineralMan Nov 2022 #6

I am getting ready to write cursive, carefully, for a handful of Holiday cards question everything Nov 2022 #7

What happened to my cursive writing is something unique. MineralMan Nov 2022 #8

Interesting. And the Cyrillic Alphabet looks very different in printed vs cursive letters?... electric_blue68 Nov 2022 #27

Fascinating story question everything Nov 2022 #47

Yes, I can still read Russian. MineralMan Nov 2022 #48

Kids who write thank-you notes--not emails cyclonefence Nov 2022 #10

The day after Christmas & my birthday, CrispyQ Nov 2022 #25

Well, you were brought up right cyclonefence Nov 2022 #45

at best, I'd make it a high school elective DBoon Nov 2022 #11

One could consider it to be art. Kaleva Nov 2022 #18

It would take hours, not months, to learn to read cursive. nt LAS14 Nov 2022 #21

Then anyone who wants to learn to read it can do so on their own. Mariana Nov 2022 #33

I was trying to make a point about the message our society is sending to kids about... LAS14 Nov 2022 #34

This I Can't Get RobinA Nov 2022 #12

Isn't it a shame that we don't teach kids to read cuneiform? brooklynite Nov 2022 #13

I'm around your age and dearly value the letters that my mother wrote me throughout her life. All in BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #17

Question: how do YOU write to younger generations today? brooklynite Nov 2022 #19

What would you do if you couldn't read those letters? Mariana Nov 2022 #36

I never use cursive except to sign my name, and even that is usually a kind of hybrid. ismnotwasm Nov 2022 #16

I asked my early-mid 20s kids if they were able to read cursive. Sky Jewels Nov 2022 #20

Reading cursive and writing cursive are two separate skills JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2022 #28

Whether I like it or not, I think cursive will be gone w/in anther 25 years. Torchlight Nov 2022 #29

It will never be gone completely. Mariana Nov 2022 #37

True. My wife learned Powhatan script Torchlight Nov 2022 #40

I'm biased because I like cursive.... IcyPeas Nov 2022 #32

My handwriting is a combination of cursive and printing Mossfern Nov 2022 #39

To put it another way. LAS14 Nov 2022 #42