The Common Core State Standards, introduced in 2010, did not include cursive writing. As a result, many states and school districts eliminated cursive instruction from their curricula. This exclusion limits students' ability to access and interpret historical documents and handwritten materials.
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Absolutely! If they can't read and interpret the Constitution and other Historical documents, then it is much easier to brainwash the sheep and keep them dumb. I was thrilled to hear that our local schools now have cursive back in their curriculum. Winning!!!!!
Thank you for bringing up this point!
You're welcome.
Been telling people this for years and people think I'm a tin foil hat. Glad I'm not the only one who thought this way.
I know the feeling. There are many who roll their eyes.
Not being able to write in cursive also curtails their notetaking skills. The students aren’t taught shorthand, can only print (which takes forever!!!!!) and many, many students learn best by writing the material. They miss out when a teacher is lecturing because they can’t keep up.
Yep, that is an actual issue that should be addressed regardless of whether students print, type, or write in cursive. Unfortunately it’s overlooked because it’s not a “tested skill”. :(
If you only know printing and you write enough you'll learn your own shorthand eventually. Usually a hybrid between printing and cursive.
Faster writing and more easily readable.
Nope, not faster if printing. You have to pick up the writing utensil between letters.
When you print enough, fast enough, you develope your own pattern of handwriting.
Mine manifested as a mix between printing and cursive, its a faster way for me to write, and it still has some readability from printing
Printing is the new writing because it is more readable, scribbly handwriting was a problem of their times (ink feathers). If the constitution couldve been printed for more readability it wouldve been.
So we keep the old cursive documents safe, but all new stuff is 100% typed out text for readability
—“Mine manifested as a mix between printing and cursive, its a faster way for me to write, and it still has some readability from printing”
I agree with that statement, my handwriting is a mix as well. The kids were never taught cursive. They can’t read it or write it, they never practiced it at all because they didn’t know how to make the letters and they were taught to print everything instead. I started teaching high school in the mid 90s. I retired in 2023. I saw the before and after and I’m telling you that the kids that were not taught how to write in cursive or made to practice cursive writing, print everything because that’s all they know how to do and they are sloooooow when it comes to taking notes. Unfortunately, writing notes, whether print or cursive, is a very good way to learn and improve retention of the information. Typing the information does not have the same retention factor that writing does.
It seems to me you would need to learn cursive in order for a hybrid type writing to develop. I often write in hybrid form. Of course if one doesn't learn cursive then I suppose their signature would be in 'printed' form.
Not all kids are smart/creative enough to do this, so they are (forever) unnecessarily hampered - by design.
:-(
Common Core was enforced by people who did not teach or simply thought they knew best. My wife taught first grade for 34 years. She adapted the Common Core so her students could learn. She worked in a poor area where the kids did not get much education at home. Many times she had to teach them basic things like how to eat properly or use the bathroom. The Superintendent only wanted results and did not care how she achieved them. She showed that old-style teaching was still the best way. She loves teaching. However, she had to spend hours doing paperwork at home on weekends and after school, so it was no longer enjoyable. This was especially hard since she could have retired after 29 years. My wife never used sick time or personal days and had enough saved to retire at 29 years.
When you physically write words and sentences, the information being copied imprints onto the brain in a way that typing on a keyboard doesn't accomplish.
Have you noticed how so many schools have gone to giving children computers in the classroom?
This.
Cursive writing isn’t about speed or penmanship. It’s about how your brain learns and functions for the rest of your life.
Some educators are now arguing that not teaching cursive inhibits the ability for students to concentrate in other studies. Cursive was normally taught in primary grades.
@Hardworkinpatriot has brought up a good point. Some states have brought back cursive into their curriculum. Sir, thank you for bringing this to the chat!
Modern cursive isn't the same script as official documents though.
The real problem is that they can't sign their own name, or read other signatures.
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Also cursive is actually easier for a machine touch screen reader to interpret. Early handwriting recognition PDAs worked way better with cursive than with print (They get to see the sequence the letters are written in, which is more distinct with cursive than with print even if the letters are harder to read after the fact). So it hasn't become less relevant.
Cursive learning, even writing the same sentence over and over again, " I will not talk in class" is a powerful learning device for the brain. It teaches coordination, muscle memory, agility of the hand, etc. Sewing, knitting, crochet, hand writing, penmanship all of it, opens and keeps open patterns in our brains. They want to shut this important development down???!!! Idiocracy. Half developed brains for button pushers, great! Get a lined notebook then, and a few pencils, and teach it at home, it is not obsolete! Our hands are part of our gifts from God, we write, make art, and create with them, but if they are not trained early, the muscle memory will not be part of our development.
I was struggling in courses such as Microbiology, Anatomy and Physiology, and other subjects that required memorization of huge bits of data. I kind of accidentally figured out a way to make it stick. It was tedious, and took quite a bit of time, but it worked. I'd make notes, directly from the textbooks, then write those notes, word for word two or three times, using cursive writing. I can't imagine trying to do that by printing. Anyway, my grades improved dramatically. BTW, I learned cursive starting in first grade, and it was an actual graded subject called "Penmanship". Yeah, I'm that old.
me too darlin, me too. Back then we learned a lot through repetition, and we did not get passed on to higher grades if we did not learn our stuff.
True story both my children only had ANY handwriting in the first grade and the oldest part of 2nd I pointed that out was told they would not need it and treated like technophobic for asking. When I went to homeschooling I taught them both print and when our oldest got sick had to abandon Spencer penmanship lessons. Now both eagerly are self teaching from those books. As they pointed out being able to write beautifully would make them unique. Sad. I wish I too had been taught old school penmanship. My grandparents had such beautiful letters that I am so grateful for.
The good and the beautiful homeschooling program offers a great handwriting book for each grade. It is my son's favorite part of the school day. Each day he starts with this, which is peaceful and probably great for the brain and it's development. Yes , now that he's in 5th grade he can understand cursive writings from the founders of our nation. I love how beautifully he writes and it only took a little practice each morning.
Id venture to say that by now most teachers can barely write cursive. Apparently they cant teach reading because a girl validictorian graduated andnis illiterate. Teachers whonare serious about teaching dont teach in public schools. They end up in schools with lower pay, no retirement, usually need summer work to live etc. The entire public school system is in dire straits.
Also it sharply limits note-taking ability in high school and college, ensuring a generation of nitwits and dull tools for the state
Cursive is not obsolete, the ppl who can’t read and write it are.
I’ve been saying this for YEARS!! One more reason to homeschool.