Current Events > Should they still teach cursive in schools?

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Particularly in elementary.

Cursive serves no purpose outside of signatures

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Yes

It's just like when I heard some schools were going to replace all their analog clocks with digital because the kids couldn't tell time. Educate instead of dumbing things down to make life easier.

A few months ago my job brought in a new kid (16-17 years old), and one day when he was told to sign his name he didn't know how. He's going to the same high school I did and now they're not teaching cursive. I learned cursive in elementary.

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Cursive really isn't necessary. At all.

Like yeah signatures, but why? Who said "This has to be cursive, you can't print your name!"? What purpose does that serve?

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I think it's pathetic that there are young people who don't know how to sign their names. Like do a better schools.

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TerraSeeker posted...

I think it's pathetic that there are young people who don't know how to sign their names. Like do a better schools.

Schools are cutting them out.

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Its not like they even spent long on it when they taught it, at least not that I can recall. It wasnt important enough that it took, I only remember a few of the simplest letters. Maybe try and get people to know how to sign their names, and thats about it.

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had to learn it in the second or third grade, and then never had to use it again.

it serves no real purpose, from my experience - it's annoying to learn (as a kid) and it's annoying to read (as an adult).

personally, I'd get rid of it.

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Why should they be learning crummy cursive when they could be catching Pokemon creatures?

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Airhammy posted...

Yes

It's just like when I heard some schools were going to replace all their analog clocks with digital because the kids couldn't tell time. Educate instead of dumbing things down to make life easier.

A few months ago my job brought in a new kid (16-17 years old), and one day when he was told to sign his name he didn't know how. He's going to the same high school I did and now they're not teaching cursive. I learned cursive in elementary.

I know, right?

Like, there was a poll of local middle schoolers and the list of things they didn't know was appalling.

They couldn't smith a horse shoe, work in a mill, operate a telephone switch board, build a sun dial, speak Akkadian, craft a flint spear...

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Cursive has always been pointless.

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Cursive is boomer shit. Let it die outside of with hobbyists.

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yes because it pisses people off and pissing as many people as possible off is the way to go

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Umbreon posted...

Cursive really isn't necessary. At all.

Like yeah signatures, but why? Who said "This has to be cursive, you can't print your name!"? What purpose does that serve?

Nobody ever even did actual standardized cursive. Ends up being some barely legible(even more so then what you are "supposed" to do) stylized/shaky hand nonsense.

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I understand that the internet can't exist without hyperbole, but lol if you think "standard guidelines to write more quickly while lifting your pen less often" has no purpose.

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Maybe a really short lesson on cursive.

Umbreon posted...

Who said "This has to be cursive, you can't print your name!"?

Any place where you fill out an application


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Irony posted...

Any place where you fill out an application

I don't think I've ever seen a hiring manager pull out a magnifying glass and inspect the penmanship on a job application signature line like it's a fucking autograph by George Washington.

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NightRender posted...

I understand that the internet can't exist without hyperbole, but lol if you think "standard guidelines to write more quickly while lifting your pen less often" has no purpose.

In a world where people use pens less and less?

And even if it's faster... so what? Is there a gun to your head when you sign something? Are you accepting an offer you can't refuse? Why is it necessary to sign in cursive when print is just a little bit slower?


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DrizztLink posted...

I don't think I've ever seen a hiring manager pull out a magnifying glass and inspect the penmanship on a job application signature line like it's a fucking autograph by George Washington.

Well I mean your only experience is fast food

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DrizztLink posted...

I know, right?

Like, there was a poll of local middle schoolers and the list of things they didn't know was appalling.

They couldn't smith a horse shoe, work in a mill, operate a telephone switch board, build a sun dial, speak Akkadian, craft a flint spear...

I don't think analog clocks are THAT obsolete >_> I still see them in every office.

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Ivynn posted...

I don't think analog clocks are THAT obsolete >_> I still see them in every office.

I'm here to shitpost and think logically, and I'm all out of logical thinking.

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Ivynn posted...

I don't think analog clocks are THAT obsolete >_> I still see them in every office.

It also takes all of one minute to learn.

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Knuckle draggers!

At my last job, the daytime manager left a note written in cursive to the night manager. Night manager had to get one of us to translate the note because it was written in cursive (something our 23yo night manager couldnt decipher)

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No its outdated redundant nonsense

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Teach them how to sign their names, that's enough.

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Cursive was always lame. Never used it outside of being forced to in school and signing my name, the only actual use it had ever had.

Teach typing instead.

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I got a lot out of learning cursive. Growing up I had a number of pen pals from across the country and we would write letters of love and friendship in cursive. Sure, we also used AOL instant messenger but it was very special and intimate to receive a letter from someone where you could see their personality expressed in the artform of handwriting. These letters are things I still treasure and its somewhat of a shame that's its going out of fashion with younger generations.

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At this point we'll be lucky if the new generation can even learn print.

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Nah, I have never in my life used it. My signature is more of a doodle that vaguely resembles my name so I don't even use it for that.

I wondered aloud to my sister (elementary teacher) about them still teaching cursive, she was in favor of it for helping young children develop fine motor skills/general penmanship.
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Mizznox posted...

I wondered aloud to my sister (elementary teacher) about them still teaching cursive, she was in favor of it for helping young children develop fine motor skills/general penmanship.

I can vouch for this, learning cursive helped with my fine motor skills and my handwriting is very good. I can barely read the handwriting of younger folks these days.

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they should teach more everything because learning things is great

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I taught cursive to my little seven-year-old cousin in like one hour just for fun. It's pretty damn easy to learn the basics.
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Guerrilla Soldier posted...

they should teach more everything because learning things is great

Even if its completely useless? Should we teach them how to use a phonograph too? How about a pager? The lesson on how to put songs on their mp3 player is really going to keep them on the edge of their seats

Dingydang166 posted...

Even if its completely useless? Should we teach them how to use a phonograph too? How about a pager? The lesson on how to put songs on their mp3 player is really going to keep them on the edge of their seats

A field trip to a museum of obsolete technology would be awesome and you know it.

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Outside of maybe school or as a very specific art style, I don't really see the practically behind cursive writing.
People don't write letters towards one another anymore and most employers want everything done by computer...

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Irony posted...

Cursive serves no purpose outside of signatures

Honestly I haven't used cursive for anything but my signature, in like 30 years I think. I dont even think I know how to to write letters that aren't in my name

I wouldn't care either way. I write in cursive and I think it's fun and pretty. It's not useful though

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Kolibri X posted...

I got a lot out of learning cursive. Growing up I had a number of pen pals from across the country and we would write letters of love and friendship in cursive. Sure, we also used AOL instant messenger but it was very special and intimate to receive a letter from someone where you could see their personality expressed in the artform of handwriting. These letters are things I still treasure and its somewhat of a shame that's its going out of fashion with younger generations.

See. Cursive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Method

I hated that subject in grade school, and did everything I could to avoid it. The world finally agrees with 7 year old me.
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Instead of teaching cursive teach them how to do taxes or other real life skills

Irony posted...

Cursive serves no purpose outside of signatures

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