Ind. schools no longer required to teach cursive handwriting

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04 Aug 2011, 1:47 am

I wish this happened when I was in school. Many meltdowns were caused from a teacher screaming at me becuase I couldn't write cursive properly or at least what they deamed "perfectly". I definatly would have been diagnsoed with dysgraphia if I were a kid today. What I needed was a teacher who was encouraging and had a "Rome wasn't built in a day" minset.

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04 Aug 2011, 3:50 pm

I rarely write in cursive. I always preferred to print anyway.

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14 Aug 2011, 10:47 pm

i don't know how people write without cursive. i can't stand writing in "regular" style or whatever it's called. it takes SO long.

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14 Aug 2011, 10:50 pm

ruveyn wrote:

XFilesGeek wrote:

Cursive is utterly useless.

The only reason the learn it is to sign your name. Otherwise, dump it.

I can't write in cursive worth squat.

With cursive one can write with feeling. The curved motions afford a degree of freedom that hand printing does not. There is also the element of beauty. Hand printing just isn't all that beautiful. The only issue with hand printing is clear/legible or not.

ruveyn

mine's never legible either way in other people's opinions. LOL

cursive is just faster.

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21 Aug 2011, 10:03 pm

I didn't realize it was a requirement at all.
I was never taught cursive at any point throughout my schooling. Neither were any of my brothers.
I can sign my name but am unable to write anything else in cursive. As for reading it, some people's handwriting I can make out but most I find completely illegible. The ones I can read are generally a mix of writing and printing, and I think I read the printed letters and fill in the rest with what makes sense...

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24 Aug 2011, 10:04 am

Oh no! What's next? No more cave painting, fire starting class, and theoretical wheel design?

It's 2011! Screw penmanship already. Teach them to touch type and they'll be fine.

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