Palmer script
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Both my parents relearned cursive using this handwriting method when they attended business school. Mama attended after high school; Papa attended after he was discharged from the Air Force.
I was taught cursive handwriting using the Zaner-Bloser program, beginning at the end of 2nd grade and continuing through 3rd grade. Our two older children were also taught to write in cursive in elementary school during the mid-1990s, then our daughter about 10 years after.
Sometime within the next 10-year period is when I began having 7th-grade students who had no idea how to write/read cursive. - Off the top of my head, I am going to suggest that would have been about the time Common Core cr*p came along... wasn’t that in 2010?
my young-uns are learning cursive in the third grade
.....Common Core cr*p came along... wasn’t that in 2010?
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bout the time that bath house barry came along
Sometime within the next 10-year period is when I began having 7th-grade students who had no idea how to write/read cursive. - Off the top of my head, I am going to suggest that would have been about the time Common Core cr*p came along... wasn’t that in 2010?
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I have no idea about Common Core Cr*p since we home schooled. My kids are older than yours. My oldest was in public school until he was in 6th grade. What a nightmare in many ways. My youngest was in public school until 3rd grade.
His 3rd grade teacher told me cursive was no longer being taught because of computers.. they don’t need it blah blah blah. Oh, he also called my son a liar because my son told him we had our milk delivered lol. Anywhoo hahahaha. It was at that time I had been researching home schooling so I pulled them out and the rest is history.
So my youngest, in 3rd grade.. what year might that have been?? Maybe 1988ish? He was born in ‘82, started K when he was 4. Turned 5 a couple of weeks later. I need an abacus.
Okay.. my defense, I missed half of 2nd grade due to stomach issues. 4 months! I never learned to add or subtract and they just sent me on my way. The rest of my life has been a math struggle lol. In reality, my teacher had black hair that she wore in a bun and she had a large, long pointy nose and I thought she was a witch. I was terrified of her. Hence I was literally sick all the time. And we had box turtles (salmonella).
I was taught cursive handwriting using the Zaner-Bloser program, beginning at the end of 2nd grade and continuing through 3rd grade. Our two older children were also taught to write in cursive in elementary school during the mid-1990s, then our daughter about 10 years after.
Sometime within the next 10-year period is when I began having 7th-grade students who had no idea how to write/read cursive. - Off the top of my head, I am going to suggest that would have been about the time Common Core cr*p came along... wasn’t that in 2010?"
I decided to start learning calligraphy this year, and the last 2 times my grands have been here they both wanted to practice using the ink pen and writing fancy script. The six year old is actually better at it than the 11 year old. I will ask them next time if they are learning script.
Good observation. I wonder if anyone still teaches that most secret of scripts, shorthand. Do journalists bother to use it anymore when electronics are not allowed.