Cursive writing could become required for Ohio students

wowk ^ | Feb. 15, 2017 | wowk

[Morgana]

COLUMBUS (WCMH) – A Columbus-area state representative has introduced legislation that could make cursive writing a requirement in Ohio schools.

Rep. Andrew Brenner, R-Powell and Rep. Marilyn Slaby, R-Akron introduced HB 58 on Monday.

The bill adds the following to the state’s educational requirements:

[RedWulf]

Cursive is dead. Trying to raise the corpse isn’t going to change that.

[lee martell]

I would presume that using cursive also helps the writer to develop and maintain a fairly long attention span.
It goes back to ‘thinking before you speak’.

[Morgana]

“The article never tells us exactly why these congressmen want cursive to be required.”

Oh please that should be a no brainer!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaB5KC8BUio

[Morgana]

AMEN AMEN AMEN

[Justa]

Cursive is as outdated as ink well pens. Keeping the quill in contact with the paper is necessary to prevent ink droplets on the paper -hence the need for cursive.

Cursive became obsolete with the ball point pen and typewriter.

The state Rep. is just introducing this so Ohioans can read each others’ tatoos.

[RegulatorCountry]

Yes, organizing your thoughts in order for them to flow onto paper in a relatively seamless process.

[John S Mosby]

Yep.. sure does. I would hope that, along with teaching the mechanics and lettering of cursive writing they would also include reading cursive handwriting back for comprehension, which would then neccesarily require knowledge of a dictionary meaning of words in grammatical context.

Trayvon’s gf be, of course, only able to comm with the use of extenda nails on her i-phone and tweet abbreviation language of gang and ebonic-speak.

[Red Badger]

[freedumb2003]

>>Cursive isnt some magical aide when it comes to writing. Just something some folks feel some nostalgic connection to because they did it as kids. Frequently it is harder to read.<<

In 5th grade my teacher told me: never use handwriting (what we called “cursive”) again. And I never did.

I am one of those people whose dexterity just doesn’t work with things like that. Even my printing is hard to understand, try as hard as I can and write as slowly as possible.

I am surprised my typing is readable (and without spell-check it can be).

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

[lee martell]

Oh yes. Who can forget Mademoiselle Shantel;
“I don’t know nothing ‘bout writin’ in no White Man’s Cursive!”

[Snickering Hound]

In 5th grade my teacher told me: never use handwriting (what we called “cursive”) again. And I never did.

When I was in grade school, teachers forced me to write LEFT handed because my handwriting was so bad they thought I had been previously forced to write with my right hand.

After a week, they gave up, my left hand was even more illegible, they instead insisted I hand print all assignments and forget about cursive.

[i_robot73]

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I’m in favor of it in order to prevent further detachment from key historical documents. We’re already pretty far removed from the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Imagine how much mischief could be made if no one was capable of going back to the original source document to read what it actually says? Same with old family documents and letters, all cursive. Further detachment from these things will lead to nothing good.
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FURTHER detachment? F* cursive and bring back Civics and Debate.

Watch any man-on-the-street, or the corruption of the language (Berkley\media), any ‘student protest’, or...These dip-shits are already detached.

The are EXACTLY what the Socialists wanted and started 100yrs+ ago: obedient robots w/ no thought of their own. Not as if the (R) ‘opposition’ party did jack about it either...

[SSS Two]

Why would you mandate this? Just to prove you could? Smacks of authoritarianism to me. It’s 2017 for goodness sake.

[RegulatorCountry]

You act as if civics and debate in this country are completely divorced from the means by which our formative documents were recorded.

They’re not, in my opinion. Language has a profound influence upon thought patterns, this much has been proven. A strong case can be made for the method of creating tangible record of those thoughts. All that’s good about our country and its founding was recorded how?

Cursive.

[Slyfox]

It takes dedicated effort to teach someone to write cursive. Having a good hand at handwriting used to be the mark of an educated person.

Hey, there is only so much time in today's school day left after teaching sex ed and all the other stuff intended to show kids how to emote rather than think. Plus, handling all the other discipline problems, and Common Core.

Cursive? There ain't no time for stuff like that.

[RegulatorCountry]

You can’t read it, can you?

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Sad commentary when teaching cursive (or as we used to call it “real writing”) needs legislation to require it be taught.

What's next? Legislation requiring teaching of math facts (simple +,-,* & %), spelling & phonics be taught? And I am not kidding. Will it take legislation to ensure children are required to learn the basics of an education?

God help us.

[FrdmLvr]

When I started teaching high school around 2000, I would write in cursive on the board. The kids would start in, Why you always writin in cursive? We can’t read it! It took me several weeks to realize they weren’t joking. I noticed everything they turned in was printed - and HORRIBLY, I might add. Most of it was illegible.