"That comment is straight out of pharma's playbook."
No, it's a fact. We can't blame people being dumber because everyone isn't taught cursive anymore. The reason cursive isn't being taught is because it's largely irrelevant. Cursive was invented to write quickly and efficiently, since all communications are electronic now, cursive is obsolete. You don't see people being taught how to use typewriters, telegrams or fax in school for the same reason. Even paper checks are slowly starting to become obsolete!
Once again, I'm very much in favor of cursive being taught. But let's pump the brakes on the pearl clutching regarding cursive being essential to creative and unique children.
Typewriters are not computer keyboards. It's a completely different mechanism especially since they have to be manually reset for each line. Hand a kid a typewriter and they will have a hell of a time
"That comment is straight out of pharma's playbook."
No, it's a fact. We can't blame people being dumber because everyone isn't taught cursive anymore. The reason cursive isn't being taught is because it's largely irrelevant. Cursive was invented to write quickly and efficiently, since all communications are electronic now, cursive is obsolete. You don't see people being taught how to use typewriters, telegrams or fax in school for the same reason. Even paper checks are slowly starting to become obsolete!
Once again, I'm very much in favor of cursive being taught. But let's pump the brakes on the pearl clutching regarding cursive being essential to creative and unique children.
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Typewriters are not computer keyboards. It's a completely different mechanism especially since they have to be manually reset for each line. Hand a kid a typewriter and they will have a hell of a time
Point taken. I must know smart kids.