Cursive Text

[Jluv]

What does it say?

 

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[SkaBa]

ESSEX
on fire
Boxer in
Background

 

[Jluv]

good

 

[osage express]

Essex on fire boxer in background

 

[BigWaveDave]

I heard that cursive is no longer being taught in schools....

 

[Jluv]

I heard that cursive is no longer being taught in schools....

Why?

 

[SkaBa]

Why?

Don't need Cursive to type on electronic devices.

 

[jeff of pa]

I never Used Cursive when writing Letters anyway.

I know it looked unprofessional printing Letters & notes & filling out
Job applications etc in all caps with the exception of my Signature.

Put the alternative was complete confusion for the person reading my writing.

sometimes I couldn't even read my own, if they were long letters.
as the longer I had to Write the more I rushed & scribbled out of impatience.

When I print in Caps the words just keep Getting Larger as I go on.


My Signature is worse then a Dr's Precipitation

 

[BigWaveDave]

Old postcards from a hundred years ago are a hoot, if you know how to read them.

 

[adamBomb]

Don't need Cursive to type on electronic devices.

When i go to write that odd check my hands are not sure what to do...i have been typing since my freshmen year of college in the late 90s so i can certainly understand why cursive is not taught.

 

[Deft Tones]

I heard that cursive is no longer being taught in schools....

It's not, that's true for 99 percent of public schools.

My five year old can identify and write cursive letters. His sixteen year old cousin cannot. Both go to public school, the difference is the Montessori method is used at his school as an ongoing test school.

He just read me his first book last night. We've met many kids his age struggling with the alphabet. So sad what public education has become... and Iowa used to be top in the nation too.

 

[adamBomb]

He just read me his first book last night. We've met many kids his age struggling with the alphabet. So sad what public education has become... and Iowa used to be top in the nation too.

It could be good but nobody wants to be a teacher. I am a professor at the graduate level and about 80% of my students are teachers who are trying to get a degree to go corporate because their salary will literally double in my state. Its sad but good for my graduate program.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

Old postcards from a hundred years ago are a hoot, if you know how to read them.

And no one will be able to read them a hundred years from now.

 

[jeff of pa]

with the mass production of personal recorders, I can imagine shorthand is long gone from schools.

my sister had it in school, but it looked alien to me

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

Think of all the 1000's of historical things that our grandchildren won't be able to read. They are still teaching it here, their major argument being the loss of personal signature identification. (Don't know if it will stay that way).

 

[Dr. Syn]

I remember back in 1975 our school was already teaching phonics writing if I remember the the course name correctly.
You used the phonetic version of words. Like Slo for slow, rite for right. Probably a precursor in the stuff you see typed out on phones now.

I broke my arm when I was 6, and had to learn to write right handed. I'm one of those odd balls now. I write, eat, and shoot left handed. Everything else like throwing, bowling, etc. I do right handed. And my cursive is just as bad left or right, so I print.

As for teachers today, I wouldn't wish that on anyone. They have a thankless job. Poor funding, unruly children, parents, if there are any, who don't give a flying flip, silly standards, no child fails rules. Sport stars who are treated like gods, who can do no wrong. Oh well, I taught my kids to be respectful, speak correctly, be polite, and it did them well.

I deal with the public every day. And what I see, in customers and my employees has me shaking my head as to how these folks made it this far, yet alone how they will make it the rest of their lives.

 

[cudamark]

Poor funding? We in Ca spend an incredible amount of money on the schools. I think we're only 2nd to New York in spending, and about 49th in test scores. It seems the more we spend, the worse it gets. I agree that being a teacher is a thankless job, but, the benefits seem to attract more people than openings, so, it can't be all that bad. The problem is we allow bureaucrats to run the system and they in turn have turned a blind eye to the actual needs of the classroom. We need to reject this notion that "every kid deserves and education" nonsense and only teach those who want to learn. Get the problem kids out! If you flunk, retake that grade again. When was the last time you heard a kid having to do that? That was a real motivator when I was in school. Nobody wanted to have to go to summer school or to take the grade over again.

 

[Bruce R]

Chuck you farley ?

 

[adamBomb]

Poor funding?

The problem is the funds don't go to the right place. So the teachers and schools are usually poorly funded but their bloated staff making 6 figure salaries are doing just fine with their nice new shiny buildings/equipment that will not help education in the slightest. We have the same problem in higher ed and its probably magnified there.

but, the benefits seem to attract more people than openings, so, it can't be all that bad.

This is very location dependent. Much of the country is having problems hiring teachers right now. Nice areas/wealthy areas don't usually have this problem because they can pay their teachers better salaries and have people that want to live their but other places are having a heck of a time. Surprisingly Hawaii is begging for teachers but they can't get them because they don't pay enough to live their, which is kinda weird. My state in NC is like the worst - teachers are leaving in droves unless its near the few nicer places in the state like where I live at the beach but even here we are having problems. I know that numbers in teacher ed programs are going way down so we may not see that effect for a few more years as the baby boomers retire and new teachers are not coming out of colleges.

The problem is we allow bureaucrats to run the system and they in turn have turned a blind eye to the actual needs of the classroom.

Yep. Political leaders are making the decisions and none of them listen to the teachers. I dont get it. Its all political BS to win elections.

 

[Anduril]

It's not, that's true for 99 percent of public schools.

My five year old can identify and write cursive letters. His sixteen year old cousin cannot. Both go to public school, the difference is the Montessori method is used at his school as an ongoing test school.

He just read me his first book last night. We've met many kids his age struggling with the alphabet. So sad what public education has become... and Iowa used to be top in the nation too.

Just going by what I see with my niece and nephews (ages 16, 13 & 10), I would attribute at least part of the problem to MULTIPLE ALPHABETS.
Multiculturalism may have its benefits, but there are downsides to consider too.