I taught cursive for the last 6 years to 3rd graders. Now I’m teaching 5th - 8th (math and social studies). Not one of my old students use it, nor do they know more than a few letters. I have been asking my old students (new students again) why they stopped. I keep hearing “No need to use it with my : phone, iPad, computer, talk to text...”
I get the feeling they will sign their names electronically with their fingerprints, face captures, DNA, or hopefully not yet, a mark in which they can neither buy nor sell without it :(
You are right, I forgot how we have to sign the pin pads at the pharmacy or when using a credit card at the store. It's so sad the kids/young people are not learning skills that should still be used today. I always thought how beautiful my mom & grandmother's handwriting was, and wondered why mine was so horrible in comparison. It's because they were taught calligraphy in school.
I have to sign with a signature pad for Hippa laws (more crap that takes away our privacy) when I go to the doctor. At some point the need to save the world will probably get rid of paper.
I found out a woman I worked with had arthritis bad enough she couldn’t knit anymore. I asked her to bring her knitting needles in. I covered them with oven baked clay. I then asked her to squeeze her fingers into the clay the way she would like to hold them. I baked the clay, and got a gift of bacon wrapped cream cheese filled hot peppers. It was a happy day for both of us.
When I was in school, several decades ago, we were drilled on cursive constantly and we were always always told by every teacher that in Junior High School and beyond we could ONLY use cursive. This is how the adult world writes.
Then in Junior High they just said "yeah, cursive is hard to read, so don't use that, ever."
Always wondered why elementary school pushed us so hard when it was just 100% dropped the moment we were supposed to REALLY start using it.
I taught cursive for the last 6 years to 3rd graders. Now I’m teaching 5th - 8th (math and social studies). Not one of my old students use it, nor do they know more than a few letters. I have been asking my old students (new students again) why they stopped. I keep hearing “No need to use it with my : phone, iPad, computer, talk to text...”
Yeah but they have to use it when they sign their names on documents when they are older. What are they going to do then?
I get the feeling they will sign their names electronically with their fingerprints, face captures, DNA, or hopefully not yet, a mark in which they can neither buy nor sell without it :(
You are right, I forgot how we have to sign the pin pads at the pharmacy or when using a credit card at the store. It's so sad the kids/young people are not learning skills that should still be used today. I always thought how beautiful my mom & grandmother's handwriting was, and wondered why mine was so horrible in comparison. It's because they were taught calligraphy in school.
I have to sign with a signature pad for Hippa laws (more crap that takes away our privacy) when I go to the doctor. At some point the need to save the world will probably get rid of paper.
Personally went back to print because I was much faster at it, and it turns out I was dealing with arthritis even back then.
I found out a woman I worked with had arthritis bad enough she couldn’t knit anymore. I asked her to bring her knitting needles in. I covered them with oven baked clay. I then asked her to squeeze her fingers into the clay the way she would like to hold them. I baked the clay, and got a gift of bacon wrapped cream cheese filled hot peppers. It was a happy day for both of us.
When I was in school, several decades ago, we were drilled on cursive constantly and we were always always told by every teacher that in Junior High School and beyond we could ONLY use cursive. This is how the adult world writes.
Then in Junior High they just said "yeah, cursive is hard to read, so don't use that, ever."
Always wondered why elementary school pushed us so hard when it was just 100% dropped the moment we were supposed to REALLY start using it.
...ahhh... Now that just makes me mad! There is [proof (references at end)(https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/memory-medic/201308/biological-and-psychology-benefits-learning-cursive) that cursive is good for learning. A few simple searches provide so much more... I am sorry Fren that they did this to you!