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Is cursive writing dead?
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Posted on 06/28/2013 1:29:33 PM PDT by TigerClaws

A single sentence, uttered in the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, has catapulted an issue into the national spotlight.

When asked if she could read a letter in court, witness Rachel Jeantel, her head bowed, murmured with embarrassment, "I don't read cursive," according to court testimony.

Is it any surprise that cursive -- the looped, curvaceous style of handwriting that's been a mainstay of education for generations -- is all but dead? [15 Weird Things We Do Everyday, and Why]

"Cursive should be allowed to die. In fact, it's already dying, despite having been taught for decades," Morgan Polikoff, assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education, told The New York Times.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billgates; commoncore; crackerwriting; cursive; cursivewriting; debasededucation; writing
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To: GQuagmire

I don’t write in cursive because my cursive handwriting is even harder to read (even for me) than my printing. And aside from my signature, I don’t remember how to write in cursive anymore.


141 posted on 06/28/2013 2:20:49 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (The average American voter is an idiot. Which is how the Dems want it.)
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To: KarlInOhio
And even first graders can read it.
142 posted on 06/28/2013 2:21:02 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Separated by a common language.)
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To: willywill

Makes me feel good...I had no idea what cursive is...we called it penmanship in school. In the Navy when keeping log books, printing was insisted on...at least we called it printing? Maybe Non-cursive??

All the way through college I was a printer...if I had to write anything other than my name in cursive, I’d be lost. Take several pages a day of meeting notes all in print form.


143 posted on 06/28/2013 2:21:32 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: DuncanWaring

“I wonder if she can read printed text.”

A lot of her text messages are in evidence; so, apparently she can read and write (after a fashion) printed text.


144 posted on 06/28/2013 2:22:22 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: TigerClaws

Nope. Just Trayvon. (hehe)


145 posted on 06/28/2013 2:22:30 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: Irenic

Good for you. I’ve never used cursive by choice, only did it when school assignments called for it, and the minute school was in my rearview mirror cursive was on the curb next to it... actually it probably was there first, since school switched to type written stuff in high school.


146 posted on 06/28/2013 2:22:40 PM PDT by discostu (Go do the voodoo that you do so well.)
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To: Borges

“Don’t believe everything you see on the Internet.” - Abraham Lincoln


147 posted on 06/28/2013 2:23:31 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (The average American voter is an idiot. Which is how the Dems want it.)
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To: varmintman

“Particularly in an age of keyboards and Dragon software, I don’t see a need for it.”

That Dragon software is creepy; it seems designed to allow a foreigner (not a poorly-educated American, who might want vacation days or benefits) to take more work from Americans. I’ve seen something similar in a national convenience store chain in my area; the older American women who used to make the sandwiches have been replaced by non-English speaking Hispanics, who only interact with a screen (after you’ve typed, in English and using pictures, what you want on your sandwich).

Very creepy.


148 posted on 06/28/2013 2:23:55 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: nomad

They wouldn’t commit suicide, they’d just go feral.


149 posted on 06/28/2013 2:25:13 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: TigerClaws

How about signatures? My bet is kids are taught only enought to sign their name to apply for welfare and food stamps. It’s really sad that schools no longer teach our children basic skills and instead just indoctrinate them into a mindless entitlement society.


150 posted on 06/28/2013 2:26:45 PM PDT by TonyM
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
“Don’t believe everything you see on the Internet.” - Abraham Lincoln

The actual quote is:

"You can fool all of the Internet some of the time, and you can fool some of the Internet all of the time, but if you monitor all of the Internet all of the time, you must be Barack Hussein 0bama."

151 posted on 06/28/2013 2:26:58 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Separated by a common language.)
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To: kearnyirish2

Was he creepy?


152 posted on 06/28/2013 2:27:34 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Separated by a common language.)
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To: TigerClaws

I learned cursive in the third grade. That was 1964.....


153 posted on 06/28/2013 2:28:04 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: pallis

I printed my class notes and studied by reprinting them.

As a science major, all drawings and maps were in script and all our field books had to be very legible. I have field books from 30-years ago that I am quite impressed that I actually did something so neat and tidy. I’ve slipped a bit since those days.


154 posted on 06/28/2013 2:29:06 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: jeffc

Same for me, except I finished third grade in 1977.


155 posted on 06/28/2013 2:29:33 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (The average American voter is an idiot. Which is how the Dems want it.)
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To: WayneS
If she can't read it, how the hell did she write it?

Wayne, what's with the nit-picking?

This Zimmerman cracker was seen talking with white people not 24 hours before he stalked and shot down St. Trayvon of Sanford in cold blood.

The letter in evidence is forged but possibly accurate. The Congress of the United States accepts such documents in evidence, so why shouldn't we?

156 posted on 06/28/2013 2:29:41 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk ("Obama" The Movie. Introducing Reggie Love as "Monica." .)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

What was the hold-up?


157 posted on 06/28/2013 2:30:33 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Separated by a common language.)
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To: TigerClaws

My cursive is not the neatest in the world, but I use it many times. Our daughter can sign her name on checks and other documents that say “Sign here__________________________”.

She was a teacher for some time, and is disappointed that cursive was not taught in her school. I should have taken on the task of teaching her, but thought it was in the curriculum.

I have a cousin who sits with me at church every Sunday, and she has the neatest cursive writing I have ever seen. Her hands make the pen just glide on the paper.


158 posted on 06/28/2013 2:30:37 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: jeffc
I learned cursive in the third grade. That was 1964..

Kid

159 posted on 06/28/2013 2:30:40 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: discostu

Trying to print gives me a hand cramp. Cursive is much easier and I think it looks very nice, too.


160 posted on 06/28/2013 2:31:18 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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