Should schools still teach cursive writing?

I wasn't accusing YOU of advocating for public school. But, overall, people do seem to be very critical/judgmental of people choosing private/alternative schooling over public schools and I think it's because they went through the public school system and see it as some kind of insult to them or believe you think you're superior to them.

I see lots of people critiquing my choices, but I bet if I said I was sending my child to public school they'd be silent because it wouldn't trigger their inferiority complex

Do Montessori schools and other schooling options have their issues? Absolutely. I'd still 100% take it over public schools

Dont get me wrong, my kids will definitely go to a few paying school. However, theres a couple of factors that are important to consider. Firstly, I earn enough to send them to one. Secondly, I wont actually have to pay for it.

Theres nothing wrong with wanting your kids to have a better education that what state schools offer, but its important to remember that there are many people who simply dont have that option.

The only people who I believe have some sort of moral obligation to send their children to state schools are politicians. If they all had to send their kids to state schools, you can bet your arse theyd try harder to make the system work well.

Well, I did say I feel for people who don't have other options. And I will say that not all public schools are created equal. But at the end of the day if you don't live in a really good area, it's probably a net negative. If me and my wife didn't both work, I'd even consider home schooling over public schooling

Home schooling is something that can work, in theory. Unfortunately, my experiences of it have often been that the parents who are least suitable for doing it are the ones who gravitate towards it most.

With our current societal framework... yeah homeschooling is not for the uneducated or weak when it comes to preparing your child for a successful adult life. But we've also been conditioned to believe that it's necessary to hand our kids over to the state because it's "better for them" but it's really just state-run daycare while we work our 9-5s. And yes I also know most parents aren't equipped to teach their children calc 3, circuit analysis, or finance. That's where college comes into play imo. Students are forced to take basic math and english courses over again for credits when they go to university and have generally forgotten pretty much any of their more advanced math classes and the like when they get there and start those courses over again in college

Generally, public school education prior to university is drilling the same material over and over into students heads until they get to college when it actually matters and you can take more advanced courses. A semi-educated parent is just as capable of reading from a textbook and teaching basic english, math, and history to a child as some of the imbecilic, apathetic teachers I had. The idea that these public school teachers or even private school teachers are inherently better is absurd to me, but I did have a couple good teachers here and there

A good teacher with proper qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience is going to be better than an amateur but, as I understand it, the US school system has many teachers who dont fit that description.

Your university set up is also very different, in that it makes people do basic classes again. In many countries, you only study the thing you actually went to university to study, or perhaps adjacent subjects. I did not have to redo basic maths or literacy getting any of my degrees.

I'm assuming you're European.. and trust me... I very much envy the quality of education that exists in much of Europe compared to the US. If I could reasonably get the fuck out I would

Cursive should be the default way to write. Writing in print looks ridiculous.

Cursive writing should be taught in the same sense that Roman numerals are taught: as trivia, so you know to recognize and decode it, but not at all for practical use.

Who are the ten psychos that voted yes

'Yes'

The folks who still regularly sign the back of paychecks, I guess.

If its a public school and has 25 to a class, doesnt that already put it in a privileged position compared to other public schools?

No idea how, more students per teacher is generally worse.

Cursive is quicker than writing like a child, but cursive capitals is ridiculous.

After Elementary I've never seen cursive writing outside of Bank signatures. I wish I could have used it for making artistic but of course the teachers neglected to guide me through it. Now I'm indifferent about it. If it was Japanese where we had to write to memorize words maybe, but we also use Voice To Speech and Keyboards to simply English.