Cursive writing may disappear

[Warborg]

Wow, something else that is going away. They said most stop using it in 4th grade, We/I used it all though school


http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/07/06...-schools-can-stop-teaching-cursive/?hpt=hp_t2

 

[SumoNinja]

what? great,.....i write faster in cursive

that means i'll have less time here, shoot!

btw, i write in cursive to this day

 

[Pharaoh]

I only wrote in cursive when I had to as my cursive writing is completely illegible.

Interesting question brought up at the bottom.... "How will kids know how to sign their name?"

 

[cmsbthebest]

Sweet, I hate cursive, I've forgotten how to use it almost completely. I had to fill something out on an AP test in cursive and I was effed cause I couldn't remember how to lol

 

[studd muffin]

I know how to write cursive, but rarely use it. Only time I use it is when I sign something.

"Instead, students will be expected to become proficient in keyboard use."

 

[SumoNinja]

"Instead, students will be expected to become proficient in keyboard use."

that won't be an issue, they are already able to type in these kinds of keyboards





we're training our kids at an early age now to make them smarter a lot earlier

 

[fhawk362]

Cursive is useless and I heard printing your name is good enough for a signature now.

 

[beex215]

cursive is so stupid. its only there to make you take twice as long to read or make it impossible to read. to many different variations from person to person.

 

[Khemul]

I'm all for them getting rid of it. From what I remember growing up; first they told you that you had to learn it otherwise you wouldn't get through high school, then they told you that you had to use it for everything in high school otherwise you wouldn't get through college, then college told you that everything had to be typed. Haven't used it since. No reason a signature can't be done in print really.

It was about as useless as those typing classes. The ones where you could type 60+wpm without looking and they'd still fail you if you couldn't label every key on a blank keyboard.

 

[Death Pony]

I still use it. It's faster for me, much faster, and more legible. I can write with wire using script, too.

However, few people can read it, making it harder for people to copy me on tests.