The Justin Bieber generation never learned cursive writing and are thus unable to read the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution

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i've got the king james version.

How often does anyone even write in cursive anymore, aside from signing their name? I can't think of one single instance in years that I've had to.

newsflash, the internet doesn't use cursive and nobody ever reads the original document written in cursive.

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An old garbage font is all it is. Get rid of it I say.

Oh shit. The world is changing

Too scary for you?

I bet you people who are older and write great cursive couldn't do half the things these kids can do with a smartphone/computer

Whining about change makes you sound like an old man

Interesting.

In 2012/13 the hate baiting threads were all gender and race. Looks like 2014 is the year of the generational hate bait.

The original draft document written by Jefferson, with additions and deletions by Adams and Franklin.
Pretty cool.
I doubt Justin Bieber could read it.


[link to www.historyplace.com]

But I have to say, Jefferson's handwriting here isn't very good, and he mistakes the contraction it's for the possessive!

lol. old guys,im 21 so i dont know if i count as the "bieber" generation and i learned cursive and use it more than print. Also I can read the declaration of independence in its original form.

"it's" can be used to show possession

and how the fuck would you know if the COPY WAS ACCURATE YOU WILLFULLY IGNORANT DUMBASS????


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HA! You're giving them way to much credit. Their reading woes go waaaay beyond cursive writing.

That's not my understanding.

Maybe you're right or maybe you're wrong and it was still correct in the 18th century.

Welcome to the 21st century, grandma.

it has

thanks FW!

wish it warnt so.

Yep.

From what we understand, the possessive was also written it’s until a couple of hundred years ago.
[link to data.grammarbook.com]

Meh. I'm not part of the so-called "Justin Bieber" generation and I learned how to write cursive. However, the Constitution and DoI are written in a very antiquated type of cursive writing. Plus, I've been to the National Archives and they are really faded and hard to read even if you can read cursive.

Cursive has normally been taught after children master printing. Common Core pretty much drops writing before the age when cursive is taught, limiting it to block printing.

here is an article that shows the benefits of cursive, even though the original tone of the article was not pro-cursive. Reading the entire thing, you see this:

Dr. Berninger goes so far as to suggest that cursive writing may train self-control ability in a way that other modes of writing do not, and some researchers argue that it may even be a path to treating dyslexia. A 2012 review suggests that cursive may be particularly effective for individuals with developmental dysgraphia — motor-control difficulties in forming letters — and that it may aid in preventing the reversal and inversion of letters.


50% rule followed

[link to www.nytimes.com]

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Two psychologists, Pam A. Mueller of Princeton and Daniel M. Oppenheimer of the University of California, Los Angeles, have reported that in both laboratory settings and real-world classrooms, students learn better when they take notes by hand than when they type on a keyboard. Contrary to earlier studies attributing the difference to the distracting effects of computers, the new research suggests that writing by hand allows the student to process a lecture’s contents and reframe it — a process of reflection and manipulation that can lead to better understanding and memory encoding.

more from the above article.

[link to www.nytimes.com]

I had karma-pinned this and am glad to see the super pin.

Thanks, it goes far deeper than what most people think at first blush.

Interesting.

Psychologists and neuroscientists are saying Hold up here!

“When we write, a unique neural circuit is automatically activated. There is a core recognition of the gesture in the written word, a sort of recognition by mental simulation in your brain."

I knew it was you.
Thanks for my first karma pin.

"If" you ever wanted to read the Constitution and "someone" created PDF format so you could download it?

Wow, aren't you a hot shot? So brilliant and all the stupid Grandmas are clueless.

That's the sad part about the uneducated, they don't even realize what they don't know.

You have a lot to learn AC and with your attitude I doubt you ever will.

I'm 31 now, learned cursive at a young age, but stopped using it entirely sometime in high school. I haven't had a need for it since other than signing my name.

So how are these Tards going to function in the workforce? I write in cursisve and if an employee of mine could not read what I wrote I sure as hell would not print it for them. I'd fire their illiterate incompetent ass.

I didn't learn 'f@ggot' in school but i was able to read OP's post.

I was actually taught cursive BEFORE standard lettering....my parents reasoning....easier to learn because letters require no pen lifting.(except for 't's and 'i's......I was writing fluent cursive and also knew block lettering before kindergarten.


Last Edited by Dace on 06/19/2014 08:21 PM

But you can read it. Choosing not to write in cursuive is one thing. Not being able to read it is another thing entirely.