Cursive writing

Idk I just feel like teaching things like cursive IS setting the bar low. Why teach useless frivolous stuff to our youth they won't use, tiring them out on education before they even hit high school? Let's teach our youth useful information and push the science/mathematics fields way farther than they are currently.

 

I actually don't see any need for it. I don't write in cursive and also feel it is more difficult to read.

 

I use cursive way more than algebra, geometry and calculus. Get rid of those.

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Kids these days need cursive writing skills to perform public displays of gang graffiti and tattooing. That for me is enough to make it a mandatory elementary age skill one needs to acquire.

 

How is not teaching cursive lowering the bar? Should we be teaching old latin as well? Hebrew?

I'd much rather schools focus their efforts on useful skills and subjects than cursive.

 

It's a continuing trend of "They don't get this either, so get rid of it."

 

Not following you

I think it is a continuing trend of evolving with the ever changing world. Learning computer skills is much, much more important than learning cursive in today's world.

 

It doesn't bother me that they stopped teaching it. The last time I had to write in cursive(besides signature) was for my SATs, and I totally screwed it up. If anything, they need to teach kids how to write where it's legible. Part of my job is to decipher someone's handwriting and it's amazing how some people write.

Have to agree about a class on life, so to speak. Not many have a clue about applications, interviews, bills, loans, savings, etc. My high school did an awful job on teaching us how to make a resume and then what to expect in an interview.

 

I'm trying to figure out how one would get along without cursive. How would you take notes on something or even make up a grocery list? Would you have to carry a laptop around with you all the time?

Those of you who say you don't use cursive, how do you get along without?

 

I take notes for my classes in :gasp: print...on an iPad :double gasp:

 

Print

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I'm 16 and was taught it in second or third grade. I can read it just fine but I can't write it too well. Never use it besides signing my name.

 

uh...print?

 

I hate cursive....i print....i print in all capitals to....noone ever has trouble reading anything I write....cursive is sloppy to me

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As an educator myself (I'm not a parent yet), I don't really have a problem with it. In all honesty, we're losing focus on the real world skills necessary to develop productive members of society in school. All of the things Trevor mentioned (basic understanding of taxation, budgeting (short terms and long term), investing, basic economics, an understanding of the ever evolving job market, etc,.) are being scrapped for more hours in the class dedicated to common core, Keystones (in PA), standardized learning assessment methods, etc.). We're also losing basic fundamental geography, grammar, and communication skills that are absolutely essential for life after school. Some of our highest performing students in our school according to the measures established by our state government couldn't balance a checkbook to save their lives. Make eye contact and respond coherently during a post interview Q&A during a presentation? Nope. Calculate accrued interest on a loan? Never.

I'm still not quite sure what our state and federal government envisions for our youth as they enter society with the way schools are setup today?

Ok, enough of the ranting. The private vs. public education thing always gets brought up in these discussions, and as a public educator, it's tiring hearing the blame laid on the educators (not that it isn't sometimes).

While I don't consider the skill of cursive writing unnecessary, I truly believe it's a small scale item in the grand scheme of things being scraped from today's public education curriculum. In reality, though, I would prefer my future child to have classes in handwriting than I would AP Calc (unless going into a field where gaining those credits would be beneficial). :D

 

I realize that one can always print. But writing in cursive is much faster than printing.

 

Disagree here.

math, even if the child will not use that exact discipline in their career, at least demands critical thinking

 

I would imagine that the difference in negligible for most people

 

It's apparent schools don't assign papers for disciplinary action today.



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They might, but I would imagine the students type them..