Keyboard or Cursive
Dec 2, 2014 10:57:23 #
Many school districts have opted to teach keyboard rather than cursive with the rationale that keyboard instruction is more directly related to daily activity, now and into the future, than cursive writing. Some districts see the value of both, and split their allocated time. What is your view?
Dec 2, 2014 10:59:34 #
Schools here no longer teach cursive. It's a crying shame. When it comes time for the grandchildren to send out their thank you letters, all they can do is print them and poorly at that!
Dec 2, 2014 11:39:17 #
Indiana wrote:
Many school districts have opted to teach keyboard rather than cursive with the rationale that keyboard instruction is more directly related to daily activity, now and into the future, than cursive writing. Some districts see the value of both, and split their allocated time. What is your view?
Continued dumbing down of our kids.!!!!
Dec 2, 2014 13:25:19 #
Without the ability to write in cursive, they have no signature ability for job applications / contracts / passports / drivers license / credit cards / legal paperwork...
Of course this is inline with the "don't teach spelling - they have spell-check in the computer" thought process...
This is why the private schools that are teaching the basics are gaining popularity...
Of course this is inline with the "don't teach spelling - they have spell-check in the computer" thought process...
This is why the private schools that are teaching the basics are gaining popularity...
Dec 2, 2014 14:04:39 #
Just a thought - when was the last time you wrote cursive or read it? I can't remember the last time I did. - Dave
Dec 2, 2014 14:11:57 #
Split. Handwriting will remain with us for the foreseeable future. BTW: This citizen never learned to write cursive. Took a shop course in HS and learned to print my writing. My scribbles could pass for a messy cursive. Prefer a keyboard linked to a word-processor to do any extended writing.
Indiana wrote:
Many school districts have opted to teach keyboard rather than cursive with the rationale that keyboard instruction is more directly related to daily activity, now and into the future, than cursive writing. Some districts see the value of both, and split their allocated time. What is your view?
Dec 2, 2014 16:11:45 #
I use cursive all the time. And when I was teaching I required students to practice and use cursive. At a minimum to take notes, it is faster if you have learned it properly.
wilsondl2 wrote:
Just a thought - when was the last time you wrote cursive or read it? I can't remember the last time I did. - Dave
Dec 2, 2014 17:01:25 #
Dec 2, 2014 17:02:30 #
Dec 2, 2014 18:46:22 #
My question: Who taught doctors how to write cursive? Do they have a class in prescription scribbling in college?
Dec 2, 2014 18:50:53 #
Tangoking wrote:
How do you sign a Bank check
Anyway you want. Same goes for signing for credit card signing. Most just put a letter and line. - Dave
Dec 2, 2014 19:50:34 #
Well, there's "cursive" and then there's "handwriting".
I learned cursive, of course, (back in the 60's) but can count on one hand the occasions in which I use it; my script was never very clear and I found it clumsy to write. That said, I handwrite all the time - just using print rather than "longhand". So when I send a thank you note in print, I don't imagine the recipient is off put by my not having made it all fancy-like.
Meanwhile, with the ever-improving technology of voice-to-text, I wonder for how long knowing how to use a keyboard (KWERTY? DVORAK?) will have any value either.
Which is not to say the schools are doing an ever-more-terrible job of education, but in the specific area of teaching cursive writing I don't know if it really matters.
I learned cursive, of course, (back in the 60's) but can count on one hand the occasions in which I use it; my script was never very clear and I found it clumsy to write. That said, I handwrite all the time - just using print rather than "longhand". So when I send a thank you note in print, I don't imagine the recipient is off put by my not having made it all fancy-like.
Meanwhile, with the ever-improving technology of voice-to-text, I wonder for how long knowing how to use a keyboard (KWERTY? DVORAK?) will have any value either.
Which is not to say the schools are doing an ever-more-terrible job of education, but in the specific area of teaching cursive writing I don't know if it really matters.
Dec 2, 2014 21:51:14 #
A scribbled print version of my signature that all banks and others accept. No law to my knowledge dictates how another must sign his or her name.
Tangoking wrote:
How do you sign a Bank check
Dec 3, 2014 06:16:13 #
I still have the Palmer penmanship certificate I received in elementary school in the 40s.
Dec 3, 2014 07:01:23 #
The New World Order plan is to cripple society. This is yet another example. Time has come to work on you bucket list.
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