Cursive (again, I know!) - Page 13

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

@Venezia wrote:
@Spurt - Absolutely true. Years ago, when I lived in England, I worked for a bank for several years. Originally, deposits, withdrawals, interest were all entered into a customer's passbook by hand. You did the math manually.

You kept every transaction on a log sheet which was entered into the only computer at the end of the day by the operator.

Along came the "new age" and we were all getting terminals at our stations. I'm sure I don't have to tell you how that went! After working just fine for a month or two (during which time new cashiers were hired), CRASH!

The whole system was down and was going to be down for three weeks. The new cashiers panicked and said "We won't be able to do any work! We'll have to close the office."

When it was pointed out to them that, no, we would not be closing the office for three weeks, they said "But how are we going to keep track of what we do? We don't have a computer!"

The head cashier brought out the paper log sheets, handed each of them a pen and said "By hand and in your head!" They were horrified and we had to show them, step by step. (And you wouldn't believe how many math errors we had to correct because they didn't have calculators. My job was to audit the passbooks.)

TRUE STORY.

@Venezia GREAT STORY!!! And I totally believe it.......

I know where I work, I've trained some college graduates and they don't know how to compose a simple business letter either....and forget grammar and sentence composition too....

What DO they actually teach them in school these days?????????????????

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Mrsq2022 · ‎03-10-2010

@Venezia wrote:
@Mrsq2022 wrote:
I don't really care that cursive isn't being taught in school any longer. I cant think of any career that require someone to write in cursive. I don't hand write much in my work or personal life other than maybe a note to myself or a post-it note stuck onto something. I think that children are taught to write their signatures in school. And that is probably all of the cursive that is necessary in their lives.

Of course kids are taught to write in school though. It is silly to infer that just because cursive isn't taught, there is no writing being taught. It's just handwritten in print as opposed to cursive. Ive never heard of anyone unable to read cursive. Im certain that anyone can figure it out if they want to take the time to read it.
Then you haven't listened to or read the news in recent years.

Oh, but you are quite wrong This subject is merely an op-ed piece and not top news lol.

Mrsq2022 · ‎03-10-2010

@GingerPeach wrote:
I've read a lot of the replies, but not all, so apologies if this was covered.

There have been studies showing that long-term comprehension is much better if notes are taken by hand than by typing, even if more words are typed than written.

People who buy into the "no cursive" are doing themselves a great disservice, and teachers/school districts/TPTB who also support "no cursive" would seem to be crippling parts of the future.

The most recent article is in the WSJ: http://www.wsj.com/articles/can-handwriting-make-you-smarter-1459784659

I think that this article is fantastic, but it has absolutely nothing to do with cursive. Handwritten notes can be in print just as well as cursive. Throughout my multiples degrees, I've taken pages and pages of handwritten notes...block print, because my script is practically illegible lol.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/04/30/should-schools-require-children-to-learn-cursive/han...

Venezia · ‎03-09-2010

@Mrsq2022 wrote:
@Venezia wrote:
@Mrsq2022 wrote:
I don't really care that cursive isn't being taught in school any longer. I cant think of any career that require someone to write in cursive. I don't hand write much in my work or personal life other than maybe a note to myself or a post-it note stuck onto something. I think that children are taught to write their signatures in school. And that is probably all of the cursive that is necessary in their lives.

Of course kids are taught to write in school though. It is silly to infer that just because cursive isn't taught, there is no writing being taught. It's just handwritten in print as opposed to cursive. Ive never heard of anyone unable to read cursive. Im certain that anyone can figure it out if they want to take the time to read it.
Then you haven't listened to or read the news in recent years.
Oh, but you are quite wrong This subject is merely an op-ed piece and not top news lol.

The Trayvon Martin case was not an op-ed piece, nor was the prosecution's "star" witness's inability to read cursive a myth.

That's only one example but, I can well believe that you individually have never heard of anyone unable to read cursive.

"" A little learning is a dangerous thing."-Alexander Pope

Mrsq2022 · ‎03-10-2010

@Venezia wrote:
@Mrsq2022 wrote:
@Venezia wrote:
@Mrsq2022 wrote:
I don't really care that cursive isn't being taught in school any longer. I cant think of any career that require someone to write in cursive. I don't hand write much in my work or personal life other than maybe a note to myself or a post-it note stuck onto something. I think that children are taught to write their signatures in school. And that is probably all of the cursive that is necessary in their lives.

Of course kids are taught to write in school though. It is silly to infer that just because cursive isn't taught, there is no writing being taught. It's just handwritten in print as opposed to cursive. Ive never heard of anyone unable to read cursive. Im certain that anyone can figure it out if they want to take the time to read it.
Then you haven't listened to or read the news in recent years.
Oh, but you are quite wrong This subject is merely an op-ed piece and not top news lol.
The Trayvon Martin case was not an op-ed piece, nor was the prosecution's "star" witness's inability to read cursive a myth.

That's only one example but, I can well believe that you individually have never heard of anyone unable to read cursive.

You win. I though she was illiterate and simply could not read, but I guess it must have been the cursive that stumped her. I assume anyone (literate of course) could limp along and figure out how to read English words written in "good" cursive. However, I agree that not everyone can read my cursive