Cursive writing

[SherylsShado]

I too can print faster than cursive.  I remember learning cursive in school & the teacher was determined that I was going to have great handwriting.  All year long, I was assigned extra assignments and told to re-do most of them.  Finally she gave up & said she highly recommended I become a doctor because no one can read their writing anyway.  I write stuff and even I can't tell what it says later.  Printing looks so much neater to me, and typed...even better.

I still agree kids should be taught cursive though.  I've seen people with really nice handwriting.  It's nice to know how to do.

[6265AT99]

I'm on your side 100%!  I believe it's just another way of making kids dumb by not teaching them cursive.  One thing is for sure if I still had children in school and they didn't learn cursive, I would teach them myself!!

[alice44]

I don't know what our local school do, but I am aware many are not teaching cursive writing.  I also feel this is too bad.  They surely teach them how to read cursive, why can't they teach them how to write?

[kimber62372]

For all who is against this post, it's everyone's right to have their OWN opinion, so be NICE! Let me give you all a scenario and maybe it will make you use your brain and think:

I work in a court of law, a young girl was suppose to testify, I believe she was 18 or 19 yrs old. The prosecutor handed her a piece of paper with writing on it that was submitted into evidence. She says to the Prosecutor, "I'm sorry, I can't read this." The Prosecutor responded with "And why not may I ask?". Young girl: "I don't know how to read script."

ENOUGH SAID!  

[hawkeye3210]

For all who is against this post, it's everyone's right to have their OWN opinion, so be NICE! Let me give you all a scenario and maybe it will make you use your brain and think:

I work in a court of law, a young girl was suppose to testify, I believe she was 18 or 19 yrs old. The prosecutor handed her a piece of paper with writing on it that was submitted into evidence. She says to the Prosecutor, "I'm sorry, I can't read this." The Prosecutor responded with "And why not may I ask?". Young girl: "I don't know how to read script."

ENOUGH SAID!  

If cursive wasn't taught in schools, people wouldn't use it and therefore there wouldn't be any need to be able to read it. Similar to shorthand.

I could care less if cursive is taught or not, but I have yet to read one legitimate reason why it absolutely needs to be taught. Even when I was in school, most people had abandoned using cursive by the time they were in high school. Whether it is now or later, the writing has been on the wall for awhile now. As the trend continues, with less and less people using cursive, it's going to stop being taught in schools.

[monnee]

Most schools now use laptops or ipads.  It's all touch screen or keypads.

[aflyingmonkey]

Well I found some FREE cursive apps on Google Play!! I will download one to introduce to my son because if I was taught script in school, my son will also learn it as well! America is becoming FAT and LAZY because the Government does not want to pay their educators more money! Shame on you America! Getting rid of the president is a good start to "UN-dumbing America"... see... I used a non existing word! haha 

California pays their educators VERY well.   Teachers top pay is about $80,000 a year, they begin at apx $42,000 & move up real fast.  They get all holidays & summer vacation off (3 months), so that wage is based on apx 8 months of work.  In 20 years of working, they get a pension that pays almost $80,000 a year & that is for the rest of their life; it's a nice way to retire.    A couple retired teachers in my family are currently teaching at a university part-time & still collecting their $80,000 teachers' pension (which they worked for) they got when they retired.  They are only in their 60s.   

If your state is paying educators enough, come to California, they pay well.   & YET California has one of the least ranked Education system in the United States.   

[patti4me]

I think its outrageous to do away with cursive writing!  There are so many things that have changed in our school systems that are not right.  That's one of the ways the "dummying down" of our country is happening.  They don't even teach correct history in our schools anymore.  Sad, so sad!

[camellia0]

I'm guessing that cursive writing is almost non existent because there are so many people living in the area and I'm guessing it's more important for them to learn to write period. But as an adult, I don't write in cursive either, except when I sign my checks.

[kimber62372]

Thank you all for your input! I'm just furious because I still have a young child in school. Those who could care less probably don't have any kids in school. It's just how things were always taught and what we know now is something our children will not know in the future! Hence the dumbing down America!

[hawkeye3210]

Thank you all for your input! I'm just furious because I still have a young child in school. Those who could care less probably don't have any kids in school. It's just how things were always taught and what we know now is something our children will not know in the future! Hence the dumbing down America!

If cursive is no longer taught in schools, something else will be taught in its place. Kids aren’t going to be “dumbed down.”
 
The “dumb” thing to do would be to continue to teach the same things year after year without evaluating the curriculum to see what is actually important for kids to learn. Fifty or so years ago children were taught short-hand and were taught nothing on computers. Obvious reasons for that, but do you think that would be the proper way to educate children today? Of course not.  The intelligent thing to do is to adapt. I was taught cursive in 1994, and now in 2014 like most people I know my age, no longer use any cursive. The real question is learning cursive writing in 2014, going to be a necessary skill in 2034? Things change. When I was taught, we didn’t even have a computer and just a single landline telephone. Now I have a smart phone, and kids younger and younger are getting them as well.

I don’t have any children yet, but if I did, I would want them to receive an education that was going to prepare them for their future, which shouldn’t be the same education I received.  A lot of things I learned are no longer relevant or useful. I would rather my children be able to teach me things, similar to how I taught my parents how to use a computer. Education should be forward thinking.

[sherryfan]

I think pretty soon people would forgot how to write either print or cursive writing. They may only know how to type or text. 

[crisstar]

I thought that the school my nephew goes to was the only one.

I didn't realize it was nationwide!!!

Considering the state of education in the U.S., I guess this would be low on the totem pole to worry about, however, it's still sad that this is just one more thing American students won't be taught in school.

[tuyetmai]

I do back then, but now I don't know that kid need to learn anymore.  I don't mind writing cursive but I think it not pretty writing them.