Posted on 07/04/2017 5:09:29 AM PDT by bgill
Louisiana’s public school classrooms will be required to teach cursive writing to students starting with the new school year.
That mandate, approved by lawmakers in 2016 but delayed a year so schools could prepare, is among more than two dozen new laws
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Legal notepads that attach at the top are the way to go.
More info on writing implements and lefties... I have to be very careful which type of pen/nib I use, because of the way I angle the pen.
Ball points and pencils are the easiest, rolling balls are impossible, some felt tips are ok, and some aren’t. If I borrow a pen, nib-type from someone who is a righty, I often can’t use it because of the way it is worn, and the same is true for righties borrowing my pen. We wear the nibs differently, and either they won’t flow, or scratch when borrowed by others.
We can’t generalize about others’ experience from our own. I have beautiful handwriting, and people often comment on it, because I am a lefty. I prefer a nib that is specially cut for left-handed writers when buying a fountain pen.
And, I enjoy calligraphy, but am very slow because of problems “pushing” against the direction of travel. I often have to alter the direction of my strokes so I am not going against the flow, and to get the right slant.
Cursive is very good at developing eye-hand coordination, and may be important in developing speech and word recognition - helping to avoid dyslexia maybe? I don’t know about the latter, but it seems logical.
LOL!!!! I might give it a try, haa!
Turn regular (right handed) scissors upside down. Thumb in the finger hole.
Get them yellow note pads where the papers are attached at the top. No rings or spiral to worry with. Yes, they come in white, too.
I can do most tasks with either hand, except scissors, and of course writing.
If I injured or otherwise lost the use of my right hand, I’m pretty sure I could retrain for those two functions as well.
So, you print your signature making it easier for criminals to forge.
I work in the visual arts have recently earned more than 40 credits toward a visual arts degree. I am 70 years old.
My observation:
Young people hold their writing and drawing instruments the same way they did when they were 4 years old. I already have seen young adults in their early 20s wearing splints due to carpal tunnel and thumb tendon injuries.
Readable writing ( printed or cursive) requires two things:
1) Capital letters are the same height and slant.
2) Lower case letters are the same height and slant.
SIMPLE!
By the way, cursive is merely connected printing. If printing is taught properly then a transition to cursive is automatic.
Nearly everyone at some time or other needs to leave a hand written note. Isn't it better if the note is easily deciphered by the reader? This is easy to do: Same heights; Same slant!
Wintertime ( An experienced full-time) Visual Artist)
Only the ones who crook their wrists. The rest of us angle our paper so that we don't have to crook our wrists and we can see what is being written because it is above the hand. People don't usually notice these lefties when we're writing.
I’ve never had a problem using any writing implements or borrowing a righty’s. Never had a problem with calligraphy either. As the old saying goes... different strokes.
No, cursive is writing. "Manuscript" is any form of handwritten text.
Printing is printing. (individual, separate characters)
I guess it was 2nd grade that we learned cursive. First grade we learned to print one letter at a time - we were expert printers.
But today one can graduate high school and not be able to read cursive - and I see that as a big problem.
When using scissors in the left hand, turn them upside down with your thumb in the finger hole.
A right-handed Chinese guy showed me how to put the knife in the left hand. Brilliant! he didn't have Western tradition to tell him otherwise, he was a chopstick man.
We get to dessert much faster!
Are you saying all those chunkies are leftists?
By the way, the secret to beautiful printing or cursive is **simple**!
1) Capitals have the same height and slant.
2) Lower case letters have the same height and slant.
Last fall I took a calligraphy course as elective toward a Visual Arts degree at a nearby college. I was amazed that students with absolutely ** horrible** handwriting could rapidly produce beautiful script ( printed and cursive) by the end of the semester. It took a little effort and some practice.
Everyone occasionally needs to leave a hand printed or cursive note. Is is better or worse if that note is easy for the reader to decipher?
It’s his problem now, he’s 28
That's the "uncomfortable looking technique" I was referring to.
The rest of us angle our paper so that we don't have to crook our wrists and we can see what is being written because it is above the hand.
Well, that makes all kinds of sense. I guess I haven't seen that. Maybe they should teach that to young lefties in school.
I took a calligraphy course last year at a local college as an elective toward a Visual Arts degree. There were students whose handwriting was so horrific I seriously wondered if there was any hope for them. By the end of the semester they were producing beautiful work. Amazing.
For someone who merely wanted to improve common printing or cursive it really wouldn't take much time or practice.
I'm left handed, and never wrote in the crab-hand or hook style. I hold the pen between my thumb and index finger as any right-hander would. Thankfully, the schools in Rochester, NY in the 50's taught us to read and write longhand properly. Back then we wrote with a wooden pen with a nib inserted, and ink wells. Had I not learned to read and write script, I never would have been able to do historical research of original documents.
No I scribble something that resembles my name.
But even printing is as individualized as cursive and both can be forged by someone intent on it.
And don’t tell me that the purpose of teaching cursive is so you can sign your name.
Lol, maybe so! :)
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