I remember getting a B because of cursive handwriting and it kept me off the A Honor Roll. Fucking assholes. :2 cents:

One of the most useful classes i ever took...for both of the reasons mentioned above :winkwink::thumbsup

I'd much rather my kid learn to accurately touch type than write cursive.

My cursive was great as a kid and illegible now.

It's dying and I am OK with that.

Besides if someone wants to write in cursive its not hard to learn when you're past the third grade which is when I think they teach it.

i always sucked at cursive. i think it is not needed.we can just use capital letters when we need to write something with a pen

When I graduated from the 8th grade ('67) they suggested we take a couple high school courses during summer school to get used to the new world. I took Chemistry and Typing. Got kicked out of both within weeks; forget which was first.


For a graduation present my parents gave me a typewriter, which sits by my desk even today.

I dont agree with it but the ONLY time I ever use cursive is my signature. For probably 30 years.

We always had a typewriter (manual Olivetti) in the house from when I was a kid. I could four-finger type 40-50wpm before highschool. I finally threw it out to the curb just a few years ago after it failed the 'do I really still need this cluttering up the place?' test.

Took me forever to learn the proper way, though...all that booty distraction in the classroom. :1orglaugh

Well said. Some idiots here do not understand that its not about "yeah I do not use cursive as well". You do not use serious algebra's formulas as well, should they stop teaching those as well?

How is that even possible? Don't you ever leave notes? I use hand writing almost every day in various situations.

paying more??? What teachers are you talking about? Teachers don't make jack shit

See post #8.

(thanks Mutt) :)

Fiddy kids who can't write worth jack shit.

I can only guess that you are unclear what cursive is. You don't think someone can leave them self a note that is not in cursive?

But do you write cursive when you do?

I think the point is that while you may get by without it, people do still use it. That generation are going to walk up to their bosses one day and say "hey boss this list of stuff you said you want done, well I have no idea what it says". It's right up there with the cashiers who can't make change when the register doesn't tell them what it is. Keyboards and calculators have dumbed kids down

Going to be a sad day when you have to wait for your iNotepad to charge before you can leave your wife a note that you went out to get some groceries.

Same in England, they are paid fuck all and have to work ridiculously long hours in very very hard environments.

Anyone that thinks teachers have it easy either don't know any teachers or have no kids.

However, the point here is clearly no one read the fucking article. ONE teacher has said that possibly they don't need to teach cursive handwriting anymore.

That's all it is. One person's view. Not a proposal, not a bill, not legislation.

so having the ability to hand write an essay question during an exam isn't a real world skill? Cursive is faster than printing, its the sole reason for its existence...

what real world skill would you have them do instead? some plumbing?

you obviously don't actually know any teachers because if you did, you'd know its not true. teachers who have been working for 40 years in major cities *might* make that much but otherwise, its simply not true. My mother has been teaching since the early 70's and she bring in around 90k gross. Before taxes, before the huge union dues they pay and other deductions. after all that its about 60k. still a good income but think about other teachers, the majority have not been teaching that long. new teachers today don't make anything near the same amount as teachers who have been teaching for 40 years. and government workers making over 100k? its the minority not the majority.

as for cursive, i haven't used it since high school. looking back i have to laugh, taking typing class and hating it, thinking it was a total waste of time and something i'd never really use. boy, was i wrong. i barely passed the class and ended up having to learn it on my own not long after high school when the internet got my attention and i started making sites.

wait a minute.. how much time did you guys spend learning cursive? I learned it in a two week unit in grade 4.. it's not like it takes years to learn...

what a dumb argument..

Of course I do it in cursive. Unless the note is 1 or 2 words. I would be completely reatarded to leave 1, 2 or 3 sentence note that is written in separate letters :1orglaugh
Fuck, even if I saw a 2 word note written in sparate letters I would thing WTF is that, did a child write it :)

I can't even write cursive anymore. Seems pretty antiquated and unnecessary at this point.

Exactly. Whats the point? We finger tap on devices and bang keys. My writing consists of signing receipts, pretty much it.