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[happycat]

So odd they are doing this.

When I was in school, teaching us cursive was a large block of time. What are they doing instead of teaching cursive I wonder.

Also, that new math is a booger to me. I tried helping my niece with some of it. UGH. 

New ways are not always better. 

[Nataliesgramma]

My Granddaughter is in 2nd grade...she learns cursive next year. This year they are learning to tell time with an analog clock and she was showing me how they are learning to type properly on a keyboard....

This is a Private school, not sure what Public schools here teach though.

[Gorgf]

I had one of those nasty teachers who told me, "My handwriting will never make It!"This was in 6th grade. I sort of write and print. My Mother was amazed how fast I could print. I still  wanted to tell that teacher off later in life. 

Yes, I am a retired educator and some of the mean comments that were made and uncalled for in the 1960s would not go over today. Our schools brought Cursive back. My stepdaughters could not read a clock either when digital clocks came around. That also had to be reintroduced. I think the exposure is what is important whether one uses it or not.

[sidsmom]

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@bathina wrote:
Just like Latin or using a typewriter, cursive is virtually obsolete. You dont need to write in cursive to sign your name, nor do most need to write anything in cursive in the course of a workday. I havent written anything on paper in my job in years. Everything is done on a computer.

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@bathina 

Ita

I can't think the last time I read cursive. 
And e-signature is what I signed...nothing like my pen signature. 

Times are changing.  We need to adapt. 

[Krimpette]

So will the post office stop delivering mail if their carriers can't read envelopes addressed in cursive, I wonder?

[sidsmom]

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@Krimpette wrote:

So will the post office stop delivering mail if their carriers can't read envelopes addressed in cursive, I wonder?

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Just numerical address driven.

And a machine sorts it before it's given to the mail delivery. 

[PilatesLover]

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@Karie2022 wrote:

I have teenagers, they can sign their names, but cannot read cursive...they also stopped taking spelling classes somewhere around 5th grade.  

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Not teaching spelling?

Putting head in hand.  Oh my goodness. What if these students decide to go into a profession such as law or journalism, and were not taught to spell the written word? Written in cursive or printed, auto correct or not, people should know how to spell.

[Jinlei]

Ridiculous that they do not teach cursive writing.  Kids do not know how to do the most simplest of things.  Their English skills are horrible and there are so many who cannot even put together a sentence correctly.  I guess it is all texting speech now.  So sad.  Dumbing down of America.  JMO

[sunshine45]

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@Krimpette wrote:

So will the post office stop delivering mail if their carriers can't read envelopes addressed in cursive, I wonder?

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we already get daily mail from USPS and the mail is not ours...... lots of mistakes.

[Jinlei]

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@PilatesLover wrote:

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@Karie2022 wrote:

I have teenagers, they can sign their names, but cannot read cursive...they also stopped taking spelling classes somewhere around 5th grade.  

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Not teaching spelling?

Putting head in hand.  Oh my goodness. What if these students decide to go into a profession such as law or journalism, and were not taught to spell the written word? Written in cursive or printed, auto correct or not, people should know how to spell.

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Cannot read cursive?  Does not say very much about the school.  How are these kids going to make a living?  Just do not believe it and this is OK with parents?