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hlthe2b

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5. Yes. It is. See my comments upstream.

Wed Oct 18, 2023, 06:50 PM

Oct 2023

You hinder employment for your students in many areas by not encouraging/requiring them to learn. We are simply not yet there where there is no need to be able to read (and write) hand-written cursive notes, letters, and documents on occasion.

The hand-eye/fine motor skill neuronal development that comes from cursive language reading AND writing is a specialized adaptation that is not readily replaced by those examples you cite. Read the neurolinguistics, neurological development, and neuroadaptation literature--or just talk to a good neurologist working with brain injuries and congenital defects.

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Does your kid know cursive? It's coming back as a requirement to CA schools [View all] brooklynite Oct 2023 OP

It's good for development of fine motor skills hardluck Oct 2023 #1

Yes. And while computers are used everywhere, so too (in many settings) are quick hand-written notes hlthe2b Oct 2023 #4

You could just have them learn to read cursive. carpetbagger Oct 2023 #11

Yes. The SCHOOLS could just have them learn to read cursive. Not the employer's responsiblity hlthe2b Oct 2023 #13

The research has indicated that simply looking at writing ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #23

Also: I can't remember the woman's name now ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #24

That's an interesting point about memory retention. dgauss Oct 2023 #56

One of the young librarians at my local branch mentioned to me niyad Oct 2023 #46

If you're right-handed. carpetbagger Oct 2023 #8

I'm left handed and still write in cursive hardluck Oct 2023 #10

My older sister is a left handed person and she has the most beautiful cursive writing kimbutgar Oct 2023 #40

Each of these Presidents were left-handed yet learned to write in cursive (some with non-dominant hand): hlthe2b Oct 2023 #17

True--in the old days ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #33

Do you mean plain ole Bic biro pens? electric_blue68 Oct 2023 #69

Oh, I'm left handed with a "half hook" writing position... electric_blue68 Oct 2023 #67

It's good for way more than that. ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #21

hmm, I took all my class notes in shorthand. niyad Oct 2023 #48

A head-to-head comparison of note-taking by summer_in_TX Oct 2023 #62

I wrote my bar exam by hand, too. Five sets of five essay questions over 2 1/2 days. rsdsharp Oct 2023 #57

When do you ever use it? Peppertoo Oct 2023 #68

This is nutty Peppertoo Oct 2023 #70

Do we really need this? indigovalley Oct 2023 #2

Yes. It is. See my comments upstream. hlthe2b Oct 2023 #5

Not everyone masters cursive indigovalley Oct 2023 #14

Then they will not be able to work in some settings where it is needed. hlthe2b Oct 2023 #16

One could say... Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #30

Kindly read my other posts where I make clear how irresponsible that attitude is (even deadly in hlthe2b Oct 2023 #42

With all due respect... Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #43

You have no clue what a modern ER is like so I'm just going to ignore you, hlthe2b Oct 2023 #45

Right back at you Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #47

No. I am trying to remain patient with someone who has no clue what I'm talking about hlthe2b Oct 2023 #51

Your solution is silly... Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #53

It IS a requirement and increasingly so in other contexts as this becomes an issue. hlthe2b Oct 2023 #54

It's not just development of motor skills. summer_in_TX Oct 2023 #63

I thought part of the reason is educators feel it better for kids to get good at one type of writing IbogaProject Oct 2023 #27

You seem to have been a secondary special ed teacher. summer_in_TX Oct 2023 #71

Keyboard skills may be more important. Chainfire Oct 2023 #3

Keyboarding does not do nearly as much for summer_in_TX Oct 2023 #64

I don't know how it's a waste of time when it's phylny Oct 2023 #6

And there's no other way to do that? Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #49

Cursive writing opens neural pathways Bettie Oct 2023 #7

As a former teacher in CA BigmanPigman Oct 2023 #9

Ugh DavidDvorkin Oct 2023 #12

Good! Owl Oct 2023 #15

How do you sign an important document without knowing cursive? n/t Just_Vote_Dem Oct 2023 #18

Exactly claudette Oct 2023 #29

Yep, good cursive writing is very nice to read n/t Just_Vote_Dem Oct 2023 #35

I agree, claudette Deuxcents Oct 2023 #61

Absolutely! Butterflylady Oct 2023 #37

My youngest child will be 30 in 2 weeks. He never learned to write in cursive, but he can read it liberal_mama Oct 2023 #19

As long as he can read it... hlthe2b Oct 2023 #22

Cursive leads to bad spelling. LastDemocratInSC Oct 2023 #20

It's a waste of time. NT Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #25

Gotta ask my grands; among the 4 are at least 2 creatives. elleng Oct 2023 #26

I'm so glad claudette Oct 2023 #28

I didn't even know they stopped teaching cursive in schools, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2023 #31

I'm all for this. Arthur_Frain Oct 2023 #32

Yeah, I have mixed feelings about it too. I learned cursive. My mom called it 'longhand.' PatrickforB Oct 2023 #34

Yeah, here we go with this nonsense again. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2023 #36

and will they also teach them how to use a rotary dial phone? DBoon Oct 2023 #38

Excellent kimbutgar Oct 2023 #39

I don't think I would ever gotten through college without knowing cursive. GoodRaisin Oct 2023 #41

Me too tom_kelly Oct 2023 #59

Remember NowISeetheLight Oct 2023 #44

Yes, but because I emphasized its use. EllieBC Oct 2023 #50

At 77 years of age, I've been practicing "long hand" as we called it. rickford66 Oct 2023 #52

Writing in cursive is an art. Captain Stern Oct 2023 #55

Cursive writing over ther years has changed, just MerryBlooms Oct 2023 #58

I have several letters written by a paternal great-grandfather.... 3catwoman3 Oct 2023 #60

When I was a teacher's aide vapor2 Oct 2023 #65

Cursive?! "gasp" 🙄 electric_blue68 Oct 2023 #66

Pointless but whatever. Voltaire2 Oct 2023 #72

Cool! I'm all for it. Chakaconcarne Oct 2023 #73