My kids go to a government school - they can't write or read in cursive

Exactly, you nailed it.

Creativity and independent thought

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Let me just stop you right there.

Seriously, how is it none of you people realize that YOU CAN STILL WRITE WITH A PEN AND PAPER WITHOUT USING CURSIVE!!!

The ramifications are beyond anything we can imagine.

Morse code is the most useful thing they are phasing out:
[link to en.wikipedia.org]
Shorthand is more useful than cursive.

This thread has taught me that the future of our world is tied to whether or not our kids know how to write in an exceptionally loopy, flowery way.

Apparently writing in print is an Illuminati control mechanism that shuts down the creative part of your brain...?

This site, I swear.

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Wanna go get a beer?

BF and I are the same age. He went to private school in Atlanta, I went to public school in south Georgia. I can read and write in cursive and have pretty excellent penmanship. He cannot write in cursive AT ALL. Not even his own signature--he just draws some squiggles on the backs of checks. He can't read a lot of cursive either to the point that he just has me read notes and letters to him.

Its so bizarre.

It may also help that both of my Grandmothers loved to write and practiced cursive with me from a young age, but I always remember most of my girlfriends having lovely cursive handwriting growing up and they learned it in school.

My bf has mentioned before that when we were younger his school considered it a waste of time to learn cursive as we'd be using computers for everything soon enough. I guess that sort-of makes sense, but seems lazy--I can't help but make the WTF face when someone can't write in/read cursive.

BTW regarding that printing is fine and cursive isn't necessary...I can also say that upon learning to quickly write in 'block letters' in architecture, this is my preferred hand writing method. I can write really quickly without worrying over penmanship as I do with cursive and EVERYONE can read it lol

THIS!!!

When I went to a public school, we would have to write in cursive and our work got sent to some agency which graded it. I graduated in 1999 so I bet they don't do this anymore.

Just teach her.

You write everything important in basic handwriting. Cursive is time consuming and pointless. We also don't teach our kids to write on animal-skin parchment with quills and ink.

I'd actally rather have our kids learn how to read and write in basic handwriting first. Screw cursive.

When the power goes out writing in cursive is the least of my concerns! Seriously teaching typing makes much more sense. Really worried, get your kids an old mechanical type writer.

to sign your name

You are right about the cursive writing and brain connection. The act of cursive writing creates a conduit from the brain. Whatever you write in cursive, if you are writing for serious reasons, will come from a more informed and creative place in the brain.

Printing is an elementary foundation which teaches both alphabet and basic writing. But, when I see adults who only print, their writing usually looks childish and seems to lack any depth.

Cursive is one of the most important skills to learn. Computers can't replace it. I've never heard anyone who can write in cursive complain about it.
Any school system that doesn't teach it is just plain lazy, and is handicapping those kids for life.

I use it many times, everyday.

It's a lost art that doesn't need to be taught anymore.

Both of my kids rejected learning cursive, I have pretty good penmanship my self. But I prefer typing over writing.

they can work for the government

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I take it you mean joined. This is what we twnd to call it in uk. My daughter is still in primary school, she is 9 and can write joined.

we don't dab feathers into ink and blood anymore. cursive helped that whole bit.

Yeah maybe your right, slaves and cattle don't need much education.

Cursive is faster to write in and more fun.

Maybe your kids cant read or write anyway?

We'll be able to communicate secretly...and that will be key.

Cursive...the lazy man's print.

think you will find the church is responsible for burning more books than anyone else ;D

Being able to read cursive will enable a person to read the originals of important historical documents and simply communicate in a form of written language. As for Latin, if you knew Latin, you would understand how much that would benefit you in reading first-hand original documents, understanding the meaning of most words whose root in in Latin and enhancing your ability to speak any of the romance languages. This just proves how uneducated most people are and apparently want the masses to be as they are.

I am shocked.

So this means no one of this young generation keeps a diary or journal anymore? Looks like the want to do away with individual opinion all together. Part of the reason why almost no young people are critical thinkers.