A Peter Griffin Rant
Those who know me, will understand this post:
You know what grinds my gears?! Cursive writing! Honestly, what's the freakin' point? Does anyone use cursive anymore? I can't even read it. The professional world doesn't use it. The only purpose of cursive writing is to give second graders something to do. Let me give a quick suggestion. Nix the cursive and implement typing. Teach kids to type. They'll need it a lot more than cursive when it comes to college, jobs, and finding music to steal. They can spend all day texting their friends, they should be able to type at a quick rate. Cursive is a dead way of communicating and should not be taught to children. Let's phase it out.
...and that's the point, I'm Mark Hyman.
posted by Rich Vos at 3:32 PM
2 Comments:
What! Cursive is an art. Some people are able to not only write well, grammatically and otherwise, but also beautifully.
Just because you can't read it doesn't mean it is outdated. Besides, who wants to get a type written letter in the mail? No one! It's so cold and impersonal. But a nice handwritten note is wonderful!!
From Edie.
I agree with Amy. Cursive is not outdated! But also, keyboarding should be taught in 2nd grade, and each year after that. When schools fased out "shop" a lot of kids had no way of learning basic skills needed in the world, like making simple repairs in the home,and auto, etc. and this is a shame. Academics are very inportant, but so is basic skills.
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