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Exian · September 10, 2015 at 9:52 pm

I saw a blurb the other day that went something like "If we don't teach cursive, they won't be able to read historical documents.", but that's a pretty lame argument when you think about it (heiroglyphs, cuneiform, Latin). Sounds good though at first glance.

Aroura · September 10, 2015 at 9:55 pm

(September 10, 2015 at 9:48 pm)anjele Wrote: My, now ten-year old granddaughter, wanted books to learn to write in cursive last year for Christmas. I got one for her as well as paper to practice on and some cool, colored pens. She has always been into drawing and other artistic endeavors. I think her desire to learn cursive was an offshoot of that.

Now see, here is a good use. I have calligraphy pens in my hope chest, but haven't used them in a long, long time. If someone wants to learn it for artistic purposes, that's totally cool.

Now that you mention it that way, I wonder if I could present it to my daughter in such a fashion that she saw it more as art than writing?
Still, I think it is something to save until after she has mastered printing.

Exian · (This post was last modified: September 10, 2015 at 10:00 pm by Exian.)

Here's a pretty good reason. I've been watching a lot of these videos- thinking about jumping in. My handwriting is atrocious.

[youtube]KvSyQDu49pI[/youtube]

**Athene** · (This post was last modified: September 10, 2015 at 10:12 pm by Athene.)

My son was just talking about this today. He can read it perfectly well, but admitted that he's forgotten how to write in cursive.....because he's never had to. Sign of the times, I guess. I agree with one of the other posts on this thread, kids should at least be able to write their name in cursive....at least until signatures are replaced with retinal scans.

Pyrrho · September 10, 2015 at 10:12 pm

(September 10, 2015 at 9:59 pm)Exian Wrote: Here's a pretty good reason. I've been watching a lot of these videos- thinking about jumping in. My handwriting is atrocious.

[youtube]KvSyQDu49pI[/youtube]

Okay, I think we have it. If you want your children to grow up to be soulless bastards, then they don't need to learn cursive writing. It is what many people want for their children.

Exian · September 10, 2015 at 10:16 pm

Ha I thought the same thing. He sounds a lot like Crispin Glover.

**Minimalist** · September 10, 2015 at 10:22 pm

(September 10, 2015 at 9:52 pm)Exian Wrote: I saw a blurb the other day that went something like "If we don't teach cursive, they won't be able to read historical documents.", but that's a pretty lame argument when you think about it (heiroglyphs, cuneiform, Latin). Sounds good though at first glance.

How many kids read anything today? Any more than 140 characters and they lose interest.

**CapnAwesome** · September 10, 2015 at 10:25 pm

Yeah, lets force kids to learn a less practical and more difficult to read writing. Or just learn how to type.

**CapnAwesome** · September 10, 2015 at 10:26 pm

(September 10, 2015 at 10:22 pm)Minimalist Wrote: How many kids read anything today? Any more than 140 characters and they..........

Sorry I drifted off about there.

c172 · September 10, 2015 at 10:38 pm

Twitter makes udo badthings in order2come under140.

As far as cursive goes, I have a nostalgia for it, and think it's pretty to look at, but I doubt its efficiency. My aunt, of Japanese descent, writes Japanese letters as artwork. If my hypothetical kid (watch out, society!) wanted to practice it for art's sake, I'd have no problem with it. But I don't think it needs to be taught in schools as anything but a novelty.

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