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In a discussion at Thanksgiving on young adults not being able to read or write cursive, it occurred to me that they wouldn't be able to read the Constitution. When I brought that up, my sister in law just stared at me as we realized the impact of that. Is that the reason why they no longer teach cursive in school?
Cursive has a much bigger rabbit hole, having to do with the ancient meaning of writing someone's name in cursive implying they were dead. Ties in with the whole birth certificate / common law theories.
Wow, A lightbulb moment! I hadn’t thought of that. I’ve often said how do they sign their names. Formal documents require printed name and signature. I’ve got a grandchild due in a couple months. I’ve said my grandchild will learn cursive.
I watch as young adults sign their deeds and mortgages. Some just print, they can't do cursive. And their printing looks like a 2nd grade signature. Easy to forge. It really is a wake up call. There is no excuse for it. I was at a drive up at a bank to cash a check. After 10 minutes, 2 young clerks came up and admitted that they could not read the check ( cursive) and needed me to tell them what it said.
It’s awful what they have done to our kids. Dumbing down America one step at a time!
Yes. So true!
My son is a high functioning autistic, he had terrible times with cursive, or any sort of fine motor coordination, I did not push it, as he types faster than most people can think. I know that the Waldorf schools see it as an important developmental excercise, motor memory etc, they are still doing it. He can read cursive, and we have had a booklet of the full Constitution right in the restroom on the shelf of readables since he was 7,(that and the Old Farmers Almanac and garden books). It can be read in print as long as it has not been messed with. If you can get your kids into Calligraphy as a hobby, maybe making home made greeting cards and stuff, that brain hand thing can still be developed. I used to write volumes in script, but my hands are so arthritic it is just too uncomfortable for me.
Hand-eye motor coordination is also what is used to correct from dyslexia. That's a long story. If you are curious, look up "the Slingerland Method."
Heh, many have observed this/asked this question, but of course no-one can have seen everything so good insight there.
That said, funny you bring it up, I realized after decades of not doing it I could barely write cursive without seriously thinking about it, so I've been re-training myself (it comes back easily but some of the little weird letter connections etc still aren't quite automatic). I've been forcing myself to do stuff like grocery lists in it to help bring it back.
Thank you. It is good to have feedback. Good for you to relearn it. This makes me realize that I have to read the Constitution.
It's an interesting exercise. Of course you don't forget READING it, but the muscle memory that was once burned in, eventually isn't.
I guess I should get out my bass and see what Geddy Lee stuff comes back easily or not for my next trick. (Funnily enough it's been a few years there, but not a few decades. I think other than the really tricky bits I can be passable probably more quickly than this cursive stuff, due to how much I played that stuff to get it - mostly - down.)