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In reply to the discussion: Cursive writing is not being taught in much of America. [View all]
Cyrano
(15,388 posts)22. Here are some pretty good reasons from google
Click on the link below and read the first few posts. They're very enlightening.
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I am 75 years old and have only ever driven cars with standard transmissions.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jan 2024
#158
My wife and I both can drive a stick, our 3 boys can't. We have an old 5 speed convertible, it's fun.
dem4decades
Jan 2024
#203
What is also insane is that this 21 yr old at my job couldn't figure it out at all and I had to rewrite it...
GuppyGal
Jan 2024
#2
Boy, he's gonna be in trouble when the nurse asks him to draw 2:15 on the nice blank circle!
rsdsharp
Jan 2024
#16
As the way and reasons we transmit information change, we discard older techniques naturally.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jan 2024
#4
I'm 70 years old, so of course I can read and write it. Pretty well, actually.
Goodheart
Jan 2024
#6
I'm 71, so obviously I used it in grade school and can read it, or most of it that is legible,
elocs
Jan 2024
#17
Cursive and Italic are similar, but the former has more loops and curls and the letters are connected
tornado34jh
Jan 2024
#80
There are many other things which help with brain development and motor skills.
Goodheart
Jan 2024
#223
The longhand version of the Declaration of Independence was just for bragging rights.
Aristus
Jan 2024
#7
That's a good point. Teaching it now is just a waste of teacher time and materials.
Goodheart
Jan 2024
#23
Clever use there of "interlinked" as though critical thinking skills depend on cursive writing.
Goodheart
Jan 2024
#82
Learning to write in cursive is shown to improve brain development in the areas of thinking, language and working memory
Donkees
Jan 2024
#25
It becomes easier to tap into a flow state where creativity and focus are amplified,
Donkees
Jan 2024
#60
Cursive is still taught in private schools, some public schools, and is making a comeback
Donkees
Jan 2024
#200
I feel one of the most useful things I ever learned was diagramming sentences.
Susan Calvin
Jan 2024
#220
At one time public schools offered a quality education incorporating the liberal arts
Donkees
Jan 2024
#232
Left handed by any chance? I am. I use a half hook position to write cursive
electric_blue68
Jan 2024
#235
I was a science major. My notes were usually full of math equations, sketches, graphs, etc.
hunter
Jan 2024
#217
That advice has been out there for at least 30, maybe 40 years or more.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jan 2024
#165
Sad that future generations won't be able to read the nation's actual, original, founding documents...
brush
Jan 2024
#37
Some benefits of cursive. Read it and weep. (just kidding, but cursive is a good thing)
Joinfortmill
Jan 2024
#51
Writing in cursive is an act that involves both sides of your brain, so maybe that's
pnwmom
Jan 2024
#65
Same in Canada and I had no idea until I wrote out my Xmas cards to the grandchildren
Bev54
Jan 2024
#66
I fought this battle and lost in my kids school at the turn of the century.
Prairie_Seagull
Jan 2024
#70
about as convincing as the latest ad for an Android app that's supposed to help you fight congnitive decline
paulkienitz
Jan 2024
#130
Believe it will be taught here in California. Also, critical thinking skills
Polly Hennessey
Jan 2024
#77
I go back to the question raised by electronic life style as a whole: what happens when the power goes out?
Ford_Prefect
Jan 2024
#78
I learned shorthand in high school. I still use it a little. I reviewed it during the lockdown.
raccoon
Jan 2024
#197
I learned to print before I entered school. I learned cursive ("grown-up writing") only in mid-early grades.
eppur_se_muova
Jan 2024
#88
I confuse them by giving them $10.25 for an $8.20 charge, for better change
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2024
#204
I can't think of any reason to continue to teach cursive writing. As long as basic writing is still taught
beaglelover
Jan 2024
#97
I think it's high time we start teaching a NEW alphabet that more accurately reflects the sounds we make...
Goodheart
Jan 2024
#101
With or without 'sliding' vowel sounds found in different dialects of English?
Model35mech
Jan 2024
#108
Thank you for your reply. Being old, I don't remember a time I couldn't write in cursive, so it's hard to
Doodley
Jan 2024
#132
When something in cursive is important to the plot of a movie I think about this.
betsuni
Jan 2024
#115
Ask young people what they know about the holocaust. This is part of the dumbing down of America.
Doodley
Jan 2024
#116
It wasn't only about the writing. It's about learning a skill, dexterity, and discipline. Why learn fractions?
Doodley
Jan 2024
#137
When I want to leave a note to a teacher I'm substituting for I will write the note in cursive
kimbutgar
Jan 2024
#144
I can barely write my signature in cursive. Somewhere along the way. I started writing in capitol block.
OAITW r.2.0
Jan 2024
#157
Well, my generation can't chisel words into granite or write eloquently on parchment.
Silent Type
Jan 2024
#179
My mother was born in 1916. She attended Catholic schools as a child.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jan 2024
#183
cursive writing is returning to classrooms across California. Why some local teachers say it never should have left.
CoopersDad
Jan 2024
#187
For people who think cursive is hopelessly out of date, well, so is anything written more than
betsuni
Jan 2024
#199
My Father ( b. 1910) learned Latin in school. No one was considered to be "educated" who could not read and
Chainfire
Jan 2024
#208
If you didn't read cursive and you wanted to read those letters, wouldn't you learn?
Mariana
Jan 2024
#242
In my opinion, because the only application of shorthand is to take notes.
Susan Calvin
Jan 2024
#233
Well, I (at 70) never gave up my cursive writing even as a left hander. I print, too...
electric_blue68
Jan 2024
#239