True thaht. I had 8yrs of Latin and a year of Classical Greek. (Aced all of ‘em.)
I agree!
Cursive seems to stimulate memory better and also helps develop fine motor skills. Brain scans during handwriting show activation of massive regions of the brain involved in thinking, language, and working memory.
Saw an article about year ago out from Oxford Med School. They are worried about finding future surgeons cuz current students, for the most part, fine motor skills stink.
“”6. Was learning cursive really necessary?””
Amazing to me is the number of people who tell me my handwriting is beautiful - like they’ve never seen cursive before. I still write checks for purchases and I’ve had people behind me say, “I haven’t seen one of those in years” - I guess they’re talking about a checkbook.
I have to agree that my handwriting is beautiful - still many, many years later after learning penmanship in grade school in the ‘40’s...And I’m not alone-seeing women of my age with the same great handwriting.
But MY question is: Was learning algebra really necessary?”
I do not use cursive because I learned a foreign language.
As a teen, I used cursive and print interchangeably. Then I went to France for my senior year of high school (incidentally avoiding having to spend another year as Adam Schiff’s classmate). French cursive is significantly different than American cursive, and no one could read my cursive. So I printed. And I have never gone back to using cursive. Cursive is hard to read anyway, especially when people write sloppily.
Of course, since all books are published in cursive, it is an absolute must. Besides if people didn't use cursive the Post Office Department wouldn't have a convenient excuse for undeliverable mail.</s>