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174 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Jul \ on: Kids should learn cursive alter_native
No, cursive's dumb.
There's a paragraph about integrity, or something, on the GRE's that you're supposed to write verbatim in cursive. It was taking me so long that I decided to just call their bluff and write it normal. I had long since forgotten how to write a few letters.
Apparently that was fine.
i disagree.
handwriting is easier when you know cursive and there's just no denying the sophistication of a handwritten letter scratched with a fountain pen onto parchment paper and sealed with red wax bearing your family insignia.
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Those points all have merit and, yet, I maintain my position.
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well, that's your second-cousin-twice-removed-living-in-a-remote-village-in-romania's loss.
(we all have one, right, and who else is there to write such letters to?)
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Clearly, I didn't have sufficient pen pals to retain my cursive abilities.
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I really enjoy writing it. I've probably written hundreds of thousands of words that way. Can't really imagine what it would be like to write without cursive.
But I'm only half-heartedly teaching my kids cursive. We've spent a lot more time on typing.
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If you enjoy it that much, there's a decent chance they'll want to learn as well.
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