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[thefro]

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/07/06...-schools-can-stop-teaching-cursive/?hpt=hp_t2

About damn time I say.

 

[Big One]

This shit needs to be standard.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Damn, I shouldn't have invested so heavily in papyrus scrolls.

 

[Sharp]

We should still be taught to read cursive for historical reasons IMO. But no need to waste time learning how to write it.

 

[AbsoluteZero]

What bullshit. Cursive/Script is an important thing to learn.

 

[Zoe]

But then how will they be able to make up their signatures??

 

[LyleLanley]

What bullshit. Cursive/Script is an important thing to learn.

Is it really? I know how to write in cursive, but I almost never use it.

 

[Plinko]

FINALLY. Cursive is pointless and typing takes up too much time in a high school setting. This is fantastic news.

 

[Zzoram]

Typing is honestly more important in today's world than cursive. They shouldn't completely replace cursive, maybe just dramatically cut back the number of classes for it and make the rest of them into typing classes.

 

[clemenx]

Fuck that, I say kids need to suffer cursive in school.

 

[AbsoluteZero]

Is it really? I know how to write in cursive, but I almost never use it.

Whenever you need to write something its SO MUCH FASTER.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

We should still be taught to read cursive for historical reasons IMO. But no need to waste time learning how to write it.

This.

 

[terminallyChill]

It's not particularly difficult or time-consuming to learn both.

 

[Simon Belmont]

The last time I used cursive writing was the last day of grade eight. Good riddance.

 

[aronnov reborn]

We should still be taught to read cursive for historical reasons IMO. But no need to waste time learning how to write it.

really? maybe when i close on my house they'll accept for me to print my name... or type it.. wtf.

 

[Big One]

Whenever you need to write something its SO MUCH FASTER.

No absolutely not.

 

[revolverjgw]

Cursive is a waste of time in today's world. I stopped writing in cursive in elementary school and never wrote another word (except my sig). And god DAMN do I hate trying to read some people's sloppy scrawls.

 

[Zoe]

And god DAMN do I hate trying to read some people's sloppy scrawls.

I honestly wonder if that has something to do with it.

 

[mclem]

Whenever you need to write something its SO MUCH FASTER.

Shorthand's faster still.

 

[Jsunu]

I never had a legit use of cursive in my life. Typing on the other hand.....

 

[alr1ght]

I haven't written in cursive since I learned it. I can still do it easily. Take that capital Q!

 

[LyleLanley]

Whenever you need to write something its SO MUCH FASTER.

I don't find that to be the case, but then again maybe it's because I almost never use cursive.

 

[Dosia]

What bullshit. Cursive/Script is an important thing to learn.

lol

 

[Weenerz]

This is a good thing.

 

[Sharp]

really? maybe when i close on my house they'll accept for me to print my name... or type it.. wtf.

Most people's signatures don't look anything like their names anyway.

Shorthand's faster still.

This. There are much more useful things you can learn if your goal is to take notes quickly.

 

[thefro]

It's not particularly difficult or time-consuming to learn both.

"Learning both" and "learning how to write in cursive quickly and neatly" are two different things.

I still remember having to miss recess in 2nd grade to write pages of cursive letters since it took me forever to copy them semi-neatly. And it still looked worse than what someone could do in 5 minutes.

My printing on the other hand is pretty decent.

 

[Kurtofan]

I can't imagine not writing in cursive, what a shame.

 

[Xdrive05]

Good. My state did the right thing for a change.

Almost makes up for the whole Pi = 3.0 thing.

 

[NihonTiger90]

But then how will they be able to make up their signatures??

They'll just type their names instead. Clearly, that can't be hard to forge.

 

[Kyaw]

Or let them learn both?

 

[WarMacheen]

Cursive is bullshit without enforcing legibility.

Trying to read most people's cursive writing is like deciphering hieroglyphs.

I can't even read my own half the time.

 

[Bad_Boy]

i only use cursive to sign my name.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Good. My daughter has great cursive writing, but I'm having a hard time getting her to learn typing. Cursive is just not a relevant skill.

i only use cursive to sign my name.

Same.

 

[HammerOfThor]

As long as the kids can READ cursive, I so no problem with this. I never use it. In fact, my hand writing to damn awful.

 

[LuchaShaq]

What bullshit. Cursive/Script is an important thing to learn.

Outside of a classroom the only times I've written cursive in the past year was on holiday cards.

 

[LQX]

Good. The only thing you need cursive for is your signature.

 

[friskykillface]

Fuck cursive , what a waste of two-three years in middle school that taught it as a subject.

Good thing they replaced it with typing.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

I don't think cursive is unimportant, but in general it is fair to say that cursive is harder to read than printing or type. So just that right there should make you question its validity. Cursive should be an optional side dish more in line with calligraphy and art, rather than the way its taught today.

I learned cursive on those giant shitty thin brown pieces of paper with HUGE lines that are cut in half so you can easily make the distinction between lower case and upper case. I ALSO learned to to type in school. Can you guess which skill is infinitely more valuable to me in my adult life?

 

[Slo]

About time.

 

[survivor]

Good. No need in wasting kids time understanding that chicken scratch.

 

[btkadams]

But then how will they be able to make up their signatures??

signatures are so last-gen. now we just have pins!

 

[Tobor]

i only use cursive to sign my name.

That's the only cursive 99% of the population ever do. Teach them how to sign their names and move on to typing.

Better yet, let's go back to making an X as a legal signature. lol.

 

[Salmonax]

How will kids figure out when Quentin and Tammy went to the zoo?

 

[SouthernDragon]

What bullshit. Cursive/Script is an important thing to learn.

Whenever you need to write something its SO MUCH FASTER.

Typing is faster, and most cursive is illegible. Whenever I take notes in class I either write EXTREMELY truncated notes by hand, or I fall back on cursive. Whenever I do that, I slow down when reading it back.

Typing is better.

Which is a shame, really, because my parents have different, beautiful styles of cursive, but its time has passed.

 

[tapedeck]

I disagree with this completely...but its not at all surprising.

 

[Measley]

Should be standardized around the country.

 

[dark_chris]

Last time i used cursive was 7th grade. I think perhaps a week or two should be spent on cursive, that way, students can still be able to do signatures in the future.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

It's not particularly difficult or time-consuming to learn both.

Yeah it is. Teachers are hard pressed for what to teach, and it takes forever to teach the kids cursive. Basically reteaching them how to write for two years.

After the fourth grade, I have only used cursive in my signature (which is really more of a scribble), and the agreement on some standardized tests.

Fucking capital G slowed me down for a minute on some test I was taking.

 

[peppermints]

I'm surprised that this is coming from my state!

But honestly, why not both? There is so much time in the school day at the age that they teach cursive and a lot of it is filler (from what I remember).

 

[Orayn]

Good. Cursive is some archaic shit.