Thread: I have mixed feelings about this one: No More Cursive Handwriting
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Old 03-30-2011, 07:28 PM   #72
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I think cursive should continue to be taught, not only because it is the grownup way to write something by hand, and much faster than print. But mostly to counteract the increasing impatience and lack of focus and self-discipline among kids. They want a result now, and if that can't be had then to hell with it. And this attitude is encouraged by parents.. "oh my kid is too impatient for x.. nothing I can do about it". It never strikes them that patience and discipline are things that kids can pick up with practice just like reading or maths.

I was a patient kid and hence didn't find learning cursive to be a big deal at all. You do the exercises, make an effort to use the little "connections" you learned in practice and by the end of the year you're writing perfect cursive without thinking about it. If a kid lacks the focus and discipline required to stick to boring exercises for a year to gain a skill at the end of it, then honestly the experience of learning cursive might be good for them... just my 2c
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