Cursive

[Nuffer]

My grandson is in second grade...he will be taught cursive in 3rd grade...children need to learn to write !
When the electrical grid goes down what is there?
My other peeve is Common Core math...what idiot thought that up? Instead of adding 1 + 1 = 2...the kids now have to give 3 ways to get the answer ...the answer is still 2! Higher thinking my ass!

[True Dough]

1. Ask LuckyCharms

He's an expert on cursing!

[LuckyCharms]

10. Cursing is wrong.

I refuse to partake in it.

Now, join me in prayer.

[True Dough]

11. I know your prayers

Holy fu*king sh*t!

[True Dough]

2. Oops! This is about cursive writing

Probably not LuckyCharm's area of expertise. But I stand to be corrected!

[hlthe2b]

3. I have a real intensive anger at those who would not teach children to write in cursive...

Starting with the very demonstrable benefit doing so does for strengthening hand-eye coordination, neural circuitry and brain function. We do children no favors by denying them this exercise.

But, there is one undeniable fact that takes away ANY and ALL justification--no matter how well-meaning, yet abysmally ignorant the proponent for doing so. Denying children the ability to learn to read and write in cursive is to take away all ability to read their own parents and grandparents letters and documents in their own hand, not to mention the ability to read the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and innumerable historical documents that have made us who we are.

I'll leave it there. It angers me so much that there is an ignorance within our education system that has promoted this as policy that I will not respond to anyone trying to justify the decision.

[delisen]

4. Is cursive a form of writing the alphabet or your religion?

[drray23]

5. Apparently you have not read the post.

There are clear benefits in learning to write in cursive. Likewise, learning to spell and use grammar properly or become practiced at adding, multiplying, etc.. in your head. Nowadays this tends to be neglected in school.

[delisen]

16. I read the post. nt

[trev]

6. Writing is a left-brain function

… associated--naturally enough--with language. It does nothing for our right-brain capabilities. Typing, OTOH, uses both sides.

We need more right-brain activity. Without it, we can't truly understand the nature of the Cosmos.

I quit writing in cursive when I was a freshman in high school. I printed or typed all of my school papers, no matter how long they were. In fact, I didn't just print the assignments, I wrote them in italics. To this day, I cannot read my own cursive.

[hlthe2b]

7. You really need to educate yourself more on this (less technical references at the bottom)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4274624/
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Here is more "lay literature" from the MSM if you prefer a less technical explanation:

https://www.labroots.com/trending/neuroscience/8151/cursive-writing-brain
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/memory-medic/201303/why-writing-hand-could-make-you-smarter
https://blog.brainbalancecenters.com/2014/09/brain-benefits-write-in-cursive
http://nautil.us/issue/40/learning/cursive-handwriting-and-other-education-myths
http://www.cursivelogic.com/why-cursive/
http://davidsortino.blogs.pressdemocrat.com/10221/brain-research-and-cursive-writing/
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/04/30/should-schools-require-children-to-learn-cursive/the-benefits-of-cursive-go-beyond-writing
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4274624/

[trev]

12. hm

Not sure what your point is, since some of your references confirm my post.

I'm not against handwriting. I'm just not convinced cursive is all that important for brain development.

[hlthe2b]

13. Didn't bother to read any of them, did you? well, so be it.

I thought most of us respected education and knowledge unlike our opponents. Perhaps not.

[trev]

14. I think you misunderstand me completely.

[trev]

15. I'm a college graduate

magna cum laude, a published author, and a computer programmer. Not writing in cursive never affected any of this.

My brain is just fine, thank you.

[delisen]

17. I would rather write in shorthand or type than use cursive

[The Polack MSgt]

8. I agree that cursive should still be taught

But I cannot disagree strongly enough about the math.

At this age teaching math is mostly about establishing habits of thought.

Yes every way you do a problem the answer stays the same, that's hardly the point. 2=2 can be shown on your fingers after all.

The point is to habituate several different approaches to working a problem so when it's time learn Algebra and Calculus the teacher doesn't have to spend a semester or more unteaching folks how they THINK math works

[lunasun]

9. Yeah the cc math but we took turns teaching them what we knew at home because.....

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+ they all write in cursive
Honors teens now and glad we took the extra time in summer when young to educate further but really, wth?