Cursive writing discriminates against left-handed people, an underserved and historically oppressed minority!
In the days of the inkwell.
I was in 8th grade by the time we could use real pens.
Interesting...many Cajun surnames end in “-eaux” (i.e. Arceneaux, Breaux, Thibodeaux, etc.) while their French counterparts had no, “x”. One theory posited is that in early legal documents, the rate of illiteracy was such that prepared documents would have the name printed for the signer who would then place an, “x” after the printed surname. This theory has been contested, but not with any definitive certitude.
Somewhere along the way human civilization quit teaching kids hieroglyphic writing. I’m sure there were people bemoaning that, too. Look, times change. Cursive is on the way out. Just because we learned it in school doesn’t mean it must be taught forever.
I grew up in Louisiana, at a time when cursive writing was still a required curriculum item.
I refused to use it.
I did the lessons, and I “know how”, but my penmanship was so atrocious that I never used it for daily purposes other than a signature. These days, 99% of my written communication is typed. My small notes are printed rather than written in cursive.
Cursive writing is as archaic and USELESS as cuneiform or hieroglyphics. Even pictogram languages like Chinese and Japanese are fading from common use.
>>Delayed? Seriously? What’s to prepare? Schools should have been teaching it nonstop for the past 200 years. <<
They have to find someone to teach it to the teachers.
They can’t write or read or spell or speak English. Why are we being taxed through the nose for the public schools?
While America slept, they removed the ability for your children or grand children to see for themselves just exactly WHAT the founders are saying to we ..... THEIR POSTERITY.
And I would watch tyhis decision with skepticism.
Right now, in my own little rural SW Pa public school district, cursive is taught for one semester in the second grade and that's IT !
Cursive to me is a form of teaching discipline...and concentration...one reason to teach it....well...two
Love it! But first you’ve got to teach the teachers, yes it has been that long.
A year or so to “prepare” to teach cursive? lololo - that says a whole heck of a lot about the system. What’s needed to teach cursive? Paper, pencil, and a large visual. Don’t the teachers know cursive? Good grief.
There's a few who will never learn to be neat.
Say it ain't so.
At one time, people were taught to write in a big round hand.
This is good. I think it is shameful that it was ever dropped.
Our exchange student from Argentina, many years ago, told us that they learn cursive first in school, and when they get to high school, they learn manuscript. I’ve always like that plan because cursive is faster — your pen or pencil never leaves the paper except to dot and i and cross a t.
Maybe they delayed it so the teachers could learn it first.
Public schools are such a joke.
I can’t imagine not knowing cursive writing. That seems so basic. At work we have regularly scheduled meetings, and we rotate taking the minutes. I wouldn’t be able to print fast enough to take the notes. In the future, I will have to look at the recorders and see if they are printing or handwriting. It’s something I would have never questioned before.
After printing for decades, I even lost the ability to write a cursive signature. Several months ago I obtained a cursive notebook and started practicing each cursive letter in my name. Eventually I combined and practiced 2 and 3 letters together, until I finally now have a decent cursive signature again. I just may continue to expand my cursive to the rest of the alphabet. I knew it once, I can know it again. Keep the Faith!! MAGA!!!