They can’t read or write in cursive. My cousin’s daughter is 15 y/o and learning it on her own. She’s tired of mom and dad having this secret writing they can communicate with but she can’t.
Good for her. That’s kind of funny ... when I was little, some of the adults used what I think was called pigeon (sp) English so the little ones wouldn’t understand.
Or tell time.
Once a teenaged girl around 16 YO saw that I was wearing a watch (obviously a few years ago before everyone had a phone) and asked me for the time.
The light wasn’t bright enough for me to read it so I just held my wrist up for her. She looked mortified, and then looked back at her mother who was then equally embarrassed. The girl couldn’t read it as it was not digital.
Oh dear. I managed to make out the time for her. I wondered if the incident motivated her to learn how to read a normal clock but then I thought nah, if noone had noticed or cared by that point already...
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It’s so much easier to hide things from the kids today!
Same here. I am teaching my 13yo. Schools should continue to teach it. Cursive is a link to the past. The founders wrote letters in cursive. So did most of our ancestry. They need to be able to read the original documents written in cursive English.
Some schools have also quit drilling multiplication tables. Another sticking point with me. Not having those tables down cold in the beginning sets kids back who learn at a slower pace, which is a self confidence buster.