Why Cursive Writing Should Continue to be Taught in Schools
“I think your cursive writing identifies you as much as your physical features do.” Alabama state rep. Dickie Drake. Recently, cursive writing has been eliminated from common core and is not required to be taught in schools. Many schools are abandoning it and are not teaching it at all to students. Teachers are doing this because they think it is a “lost art”. Many teachers say they do not have time for it and teach kids keyboarding skills instead. However, cursive is anything but a lost art. Many people still use it today, especially when signing checks and official documents. Cursive should continue to be taught in schools because is it is beneficial in many ways, it is used in many
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Cursive is especially used in many historical documents as well. Phyllis Ness, Clarkston Community Schools elementary literacy coordinator, said, “Looking at the Declaration of Independence for example, a child will be asked to read that and then we wonder, well, ‘How can they read cursive if they haven’t been taught cursive?’” This statement is true, if students don’t know how to read cursive how will they be able to read historical documents like the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, etc. Passage four says, “Many historical documents are written in cursive. While some of these documents are readily available online in print form, not all of them are.” This quote is also true. Not teaching cursive will make students miss out on a part of history. Cursive is not only used in historical documents but in modern ones as well. On checks, contracts, permission slips, etc., it is required to sign your name. Without being taught cursive, you would not be able to sign your own name on these official documents. You also would not be able to read other people’s names on these documents. Cursive may not be used very often, but it is important to know how to read and write in when dealing with …show more content…
Passage four, “5 Reasons Cursive Writing Should be Taught in School”, says, “They (students) may very well miss out on reading important letters and cards from their grandparents or great grand-parents. The older generation still writes in cursive on a daily basis. Kids often rely on their parents to translate these letters and cards for them because they simply cannot read cursive writing.” This is a true statement. Many older people still send letters and cards in cursive to their grandchildren on birthdays and holidays, except the children can not read the letters. These children may look back at these letters years from now when they miss their grandparents and want to read the letters, but they will not be able to read them. These are not the only people who prefer to write in cursive though. Many children like cursive better than print as well. According to The Detroit News “Detroit school charts own path with cursive”, “In Reed’s class (Detroit Waldorf School fourth grade teacher, Diane Reed) students write exclusively in cursive - and most seem to like it. Ten-year old Mari Montgomery has gotten so used to writing in cursive that she prefers it to printing now.” This proves that not only older people, but younger children who are just learning how to write in cursive enjoy writing in it over printing. So, to stop teaching cursive would also be unfair to these people who write in cursive regularly, since people will
So far I haven't used it once since I have learned it. Yeah, cursive is good when you need fast notes but I have always used print and I have been fine. Think about how much we print and type stuff, then think about how much we write in cursive. Big difference right? Think about further years to college. 15% of 1.5 million students said they wrote in cursive and the other 85% wrote in print. So think about it, do we really need cursive?
“LOL” and “BRB” are common uses of words that we utilize in our communication. These phrases create a simplicity to our writing and provide enough information to convey our point. While this form of communication would get straight to the point in a general conversation, it is certainly unprofessional in a different perspective. With supporting texts from “The Joy of Texting” by Lynne Truss and “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why” by Kyle Wiens, they defined clearly that these types of casual writing can ultimately become detrimental in our professional careers. As casual writing has greatly expand towards our daily lives, we should ask ourselves whether this informal writing is affecting our professional lifestyle. With
Handwriting is a means of expressing language, just like speech. However, handwriting is not taught in school as much as in previous years. In the past, handwriting was taught as a precursor to reading and spelling. Today, students of all ages are rigorously tested on their writing skills, yet they are not allowed the time it takes to develop this skill. I remember writing in a Big Chief notebook, holding a chubby pencil, trying my best to make the curves and lines of the letters just right. When I attended elementary school, the teacher devoted at least forty-five minutes to handwriting each day. Handwriting should still be taught in school because it is an essential first step to reading and expressing one’s thoughts and feelings and because of its impact on higher education.
Maria Konnikova states in her article “What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades” that “[I]n alexia, or impaired reading ability, some individuals who are unable to process print can still read cursive, and vice versa.” This fact proves how vital at least a few lessons on cursive writing could be. Children suffering from various learning disabilities will be more successful if they are taught more ways to succeed. For some children cursive will be a real challenge and they would much prefer to use standard writing. For others, cursive will help them remember things more
You need to sign for a house, car, and checks. If you don't sign in cursive it is very easy to copy your signature. Cursive is used for writing letter and signing for houses, checks, and cars. Cursive takes to long to learning everything about it and you only need house it to sign for check's cars, and a
This method is great for people who like structure and is by no means for every person in the world. It sets rules and strict guidelines that may hurt the creative process for many people. Yet, it will also help you to avoid plot holes. And it will save you from spending unnecessary time trying to figure out where the story should go. Either way it is a great method if you are looking to try something new.
What benefits does cursive writing hold, if students were to learn? Phsycologists found that if students hand write vs. type they remember better what was wriiten down. Well who said you need to know cursive to hand write? There is something called fine print, and we use that everyday of our lives. You just don't need cursive anymore. That is why it should never be required.
...he Constitution or Declaration of Independence- the very documents that contain the values and morals of our country. Cursive handwriting is no longer taught in many schools, thus impairing student’s ability to create neural passageways, improve fluency, and gain dexterity. Sure, there is no particular daily need for the delicate script, but letting the writing go extinct is unethical. Many countries describe the USA as lazy and culture poor- we need to prove these other nations wrong. Not only for the benefit of getting a better reputation, but also because we respect our language and want to preserve it for future generations. The death of cursive can cease. There is a vaccine, a cure, an antidote. This cure? Teaching the language in schools once again, typing less and scribing more, and most importantly informing individuals about the value of this set of ABC’s.
“One of the most widely cited criticisms of the Common Core State Standards is that they don’t require teaching students to write in cursive.” (Heitin). This has been one of its biggest problems from the day Common Core was
With the swarm of technology, handwriting, a vital skill, may be on the brink of extinction, despite that it is able to create a “model citizen, assimilate immigrants, and even reform juvenile delinquents” (Korper). Believe it or not: handwriting is important. However, the debate about handwriting is still questionable. Handwriting allows for effective memory retention and is an significant and unique action to develop certain regions of your brain (Grossberg). However, handwriting is also outdated and lacks the agility of the keyboard (Korper). Nonetheless, some of these positive aspects of handwriting are largely due to the ‘drill’ factor emphasized in the Palmer Method of handwriting used present day (Korper).
Cursive handwriting can also "reduce the effects of brain injury or weakness", which sometimes damages the ability to read, write, and type. People with brain injuries that do prevent them from reading, writing print, and typing are still capable of reading and writing in cursive. This proves that writing in cursive, writing in print, and typing on a computer access extremely different areas of the
Thesis: Cursive writing should be taught in school because children today only know how to hashtag and text. Very few actually know how to write in cursive. Learning cursive will enhance students’ spelling ability and reading skills. It will also help students with learning disabilities.
Throughout the years there have been debates about a child’s ability to learn in early childhood, researches and doctors have been focusing this debate on the child’s ability to be literate. These researchers and doctors have been focusing whether a baby, as early as 8 months, can learn to read. Recently, they have decided that babies cannot learn to read due to the fact they are too young. They argue that these babies are indeed learning but that they are just not learning how to read. On the other hand I argue, that babies may be too young to read but that we should still teach them to be literate. While this claim may go against what most researchers and doctors may argue, I still believe that if we continue to teach our children to be
Did you know that half of the kids that are born today turn out to be deaf? Studies have proven that parents that are both hearing could have deaf children. People are telling them that they should get a cochlear implant. If you guys didn’t know what a cochlear implant is, it would be that you get to hear and talk like a normal human being. Half the deaf people don’t want to get a cochlear implant because it is really dangerous. I strongly believe that schools should teach sign language in schools. Yes there is school for the deaf and it is called Iowa School for the Deaf, but some people don’t want to go there and they just want to be around regular people and not get looked at funny or made fun of. Kids just want to live a normal life among other kids and have friends and not have to worry about looking at the interpreted while they are trying to do their work.
I always prefer writing my paper on Word document because I have a terrible handwriting. When I was young, I did learn about beautiful handwriting. However, I’m not very patient, so I don’t like spending too much time on having my handwriting pretty. Therefore, even in elementary school, my handwriting scores were usually the worst. Because of my horrible handwriting, my mother sometimes got upset but I could not improve myself with that. She always told me when I grow up, I eventually have to fill out job applications, cover letters, etc. Therefore, as the employer never interviews applicants and the first things they see are handwritten application forms, those who have good handwriting will have such an advantage. Lucky for me, now with the advance of technology, these forms can be filled out electronically. It was only until secondary school that my mother stopped making me spend more time on practicing handwriting. Now with my computer science major, I use laptop a lot, and my handwriting must be even worse than it used to be. Sometimes I feel like I haven’t touched a pen in days, and when I do need to handwrite something, I will feel uncomfortable at first.