timo2
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the word 'cursive' makes me think it would be something Beavis would say "he said cursive heh heh heh heh'
signing your name properly is part of being literate
Why? I've not written anything in cursive, including checks contracts signatures, for almost 50 years. Ain't stopped me.
I get a feeling that the state passing the law tells you a lot about the law's real meaning. It isn't that kids need or will ever use cursive, it is symbolic of something a portion of the local voters feel we have lost. It feels like mom and apple pie to a lot of voters the legislature is pandering to.
It's because the Constitution is written in cursive and some folks are afraid that today's young people can no longer read it.I was flipping through the TV today and stopped on the local news to marvel at the Monday AM traffic (well, marvel in the fact that I am not it it! ) and after the traffic report, they told us of a law that just went into effect in Alabama. Apparently, it is now mandated that public schools teach cursive writing. I am not sure what to think of this requirement but I am inclined to think this is a silly law. Is the skill of cursive writing even really relevant today? I thought about creating a poll...but it seems like folks around here don't like them...so I will just ask...
Cursive writing: Should it be required curriculum?
Don't know that a law is needed, but it's an art form such that if we teach music/drawing, cursive fits in.
I've also read that taking written class notes helps ingrain the subject as it causes you to spit back in your own thoughts what was taught. Does typing do same?
It's because the Constitution is written in cursive and some folks are afraid that today's young people can no longer read it.
There has been quite a movement over this.
I find it hard to take this very seriously, but then I read cursive and can write if I really have to.
I don't think this is the case. If you *actually* write cursive the "correct" way, it looks an awful lot like print letters. If your cursive writing looks more like hieroglyphics then I would guess few people can read it.
It's because the Constitution is written in cursive and some folks are afraid that today's young people can no longer read it.
There has been quite a movement over this.
I find it hard to take this very seriously, but then I read cursive and can write if I really have to.
It's because the Constitution is written in cursive and some folks are afraid that today's young people can no longer read it.
There has been quite a movement over this.
I find it hard to take this very seriously, but then I read cursive and can write if I really have to.
+1. If any of today's young people wanted to read the Constitution they'd look online, and would find something like this Transcript of the Constitution of the United States - Official Text. Like anyone would look for the original cursive version if they wanted to read it, or any detailed document... While writing may develop motor skills, so do many other endeavors, not unique to writing in cursive.It's because the Constitution is written in cursive and some folks are afraid that today's young people can no longer read it.
There has been quite a movement over this.
I find it hard to take this very seriously, but then I read cursive and can write if I really have to.
Cursive would be nice. Spelling would be better. Proper grammatical use of those cursive, correctly spelled words would be great. But alas....
I think cursive demands a nice, motor/mental discipline that is all too rare in schools today.
I personally believe that we've become a nation of idiots who cannot even make change for 97 cents when you give them a dollar unless the register tells them so. (c'mon! we've all seen this)
If this is a real thing (and it sounds like it is), then it's just a pitiful reminder of how ignorant and backwards-thinking some folks are. So, along the same lines, will there be a push to teach kids ancient Hebrew and Aramaic, since these were used to write the Bible? I mean, how will our kids possibly read the Bible and the Constitution otherwise?
If this is a real thing (and it sounds like it is), then it's just a pitiful reminder of how ignorant and backwards-thinking some folks are. So, along the same lines, will there be a push to teach kids ancient Hebrew and Aramaic, since these were used to write the Bible? I mean, how will our kids possibly read the Bible and the Constitution otherwise?
Why should it matter? It's not like it's relevant to life in the US anymore. Like reading Latin. Plus, it's always available in typed text, in case some archeologist or anthropologist want's to read it.
Cursive is dead, at least until electricity stops working - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_(TV_series)
If you had grown up around the folks who are pushing this like I did, you would know that the Bible wasn't written in Hebrew and Aramaic - it was written in King James' English.