no more cursive in schools

GingerSB

I was thinking about this, how do kids sign their names if they have never learned cursive. They stopped teaching it here 5 years ago.

 

Mrs Manners

What? No cursive? Do they just write everything in giant print like a randsom demand letter?

Halo79RN

really?  I mean, in medicine it's good b/c half of the notes written are illegible... print is usually more legible than cursive... but still... that's weird to think they won't be taught it at all.  

DandelionMom

My kids' schools still teach it.

Lisa102304

The two districts (in 2 diff states) I have worked for still teach it. Starting in 3rd grade.

ali-1411

I learned cursive in elementary school and never used it since.  I don't even remember all the letters.  They should stop teaching it, its a waste of time.

Zenya

I agree it's a waste of time.

firefightersgal

I don't think it is completely gone.  The elementary education majors in my classes are practicing the proper forms of print and cursive to teach their students right now.

ETA: I write almost entirely in cursive, although it isn't exactly what I learned in school. 

Halo79RN

but can you imagine the great love letters of our time....  they won't be beautifully written in a beautiful handwritting... they'll be emails or texts.  kind of sad.  

Halo79RN

but can you imagine the great love letters of our time....  they won't be beautifully written in a beautiful handwritting... they'll be emails or texts.  kind of sad.

CleoKitty

I would be quite upset if my children didn't learn cursive. It's soon going to be a lost art at this rate and that alarms me. Just doesn't seem right for an educated person to not know how to write in cursive. FWIW, I still use cursive as my everyday writing for everything from making grocery list, writing out case notes at work, addressing letters, etc.

EdithBouvierBeale

my cursive is atrocious. I have nothing but terrible memoiries from learning it. for some reason one of the nuns taught it (though our regular teacher taught everything else..) and she was VERY particular about how you hold  your pencil, and if she caught you holding it incorrectly, she'd come over and pinch your fingers into the right position to correct you, and it hurt! (it was supposed to, she was nasty! She would also slap you in the face in mass if she caught you chewing the body of christ!)

I think it's why I print exclusively to this day.

cursive is for masochistic nuns.

 

Zenya

I write in cursive too but it's annoying.  Far less legible than print.  DH writes in print.  I wish that was my default writing.  

Whenever possible, I type. 

Temp108743750006959

You are not allowed to chew the body of Christ? I had a great cursive teacher.

knmommy

Nathan is in 4th grade and they are learning cursive.

EdithBouvierBeale

vccake:

You are not allowed to chew the body of Christ? I had a great cursive teacher.

well- in my school, no. but I heard it was not across the board- like some catholics believe it IS ok to chew the body of christ, but others think you have to let christ's delicious body melt in your mouth. my school was the latter- and you got smacked in the face if they caught you desecrating your christ wafer with your teeth.

(something to do with the longer you have christ's body in your mouth, the longer he is with you or some crap?) I don't know...cannibalism in general seems like a weird way to celebrate a human sacrifice, but I guess it's all hand in hand, right?

it was only like a month ago that I found out that chewing up christ was ok in some churches.

 

 

Baby4OT

EdithBouvierBeale:

vccake:

You are not allowed to chew the body of Christ? I had a great cursive teacher.

well- in my school, no. but I heard it was not across the board- like some catholics believe it IS ok to chew the body of christ, but others think you have to let christ's delicious body melt in your mouth. my school was the latter- and you got smacked in the face if they caught you desecrating your christ wafer with your teeth.

(something to do with the longer you have christ's body in your mouth, the longer he is with you or some crap?) I don't know...cannibalism in general seems like a weird way to celebrate a human sacrifice, but I guess it's all hand in hand, right?

it was only like a month ago that I found out that chewing up christ was ok in some churches.

LOL about chewing up Christ! I was raised Catholic (and still am Catholic) and have never heard that before! Anyway, cursive is still taught here, starting in third grade.

tslmom87

ali-1411:

I learned cursive in elementary school and never used it since.  I don't even remember all the letters.  They should stop teaching it, its a waste of time.

agreed!

binnyskitch

Really?  People really think that cursive shouldn't be taught anymore?  I can't imagine addressing/writing a beautiful thank you note in print letters.  I imagine it looking like something a 5 year old would write .  Tacky.

And LOL at the person who said they don't even remember all the letters!  Are you kidding??

Andrewsgal

They still teach it here.

veloelle

The dumbing down of America continues. Lol @ ransom notes. I can't imagine writing in print for everything. Are we going to keep using those big rolls of paper that have giant blue and red lines on them, like when you learn to print?

littlemermaid

I'm glad my children's school still teach it.  They introduce it in the second semester of 2nd grade and then continue on in 3rd grade.  I think it is very sad that schools are doing away with it.

J&A2008

Love the ransom notes comment.

They still teach it here.

I cannot get over the whole chew vs. suck debate.  We just broke and ate bread in remembrance in our church.  I don't remember having to swallow it whole.

oparcm

The school district I teach in requires second grade teachers to introduce the letters. The other grades follow.  Students are not allowed to print after 3rd grade unless it is indicated in an IEP or for some other documented reason.

kyoto

I heard about this too, but I'm not sure if my daughter's school has dropped it or not. If so, I'll teach her (even though I haven't written in cursive since 9th grade when cursive was no longer mandatory). I do think it's sad that handwritten letters in general have gone to make way for emails and texts.

re: chewing the body of Christ: They just don't want you smacking on it like it's gum. You can bite/chew it, just solemnly.