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 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.
That's part of it. It also fosters creative thinking skills. And we know [they] can't stand critical thinkers.
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...”
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.