Should Cursive Be Required? (Semi-Vanity)

[BykrBayb]

Why are we making kids write all of their classwork in cursive?

Oh, no particular reason. They can always get the computer to do it for them. They can get a calculator to do their math for them. They can buy all their books on audio tapes. Most computers will now read text aloud, so you don't even need to know how to read. We should teach kids how to get something or someone else to do everything for them. I don't know why we should bother teaching them anything else.

[bboop]

My husband's computer writes for him at work, too. And he even uses a calculator. Doesn't keep him from THINKING.

[BykrBayb]

I bet he even knows how to write in cursive. That's fine for the older generations, but younger generations don't need to think. Knowledge has become obsolete. We'll just put them all on welfare, and let foreigners do all the work. Problem solved.

[bboop]

He prints. Caltech thot that would be ok.

[BykrBayb]

Are you telling me he can't write in cursive? How long have we been graduating students without teaching them the basics?

[Paleo Conservative]

[Paleo Conservative]

Long ago I used to write a full check in cursive -- then a very large check was misinterpreted by the bank almost a thousand dollars not in our favor, which was a pain to resolve. Now it's the signature in cursive, everything else with printing.

I mostly send electronic checks from my bank. If I write a check, I normally type it, because I have terrible hand writing.

[bboop]

He can write in cursive, of course. Really useful in 3rd grade. He is a quite capable scientist. However, he prints quickly and CHOOSES to do that at his work.