Bizarrely, we were just talking on my trip about how students like my niece don't learn cursive anymore, so they often can't read it.
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
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megan walker - Apr 30, 2009 6:27:06 am PDT #17411 of 30000
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Gudanov - Apr 30, 2009 6:29:12 am PDT #17412 of 30000
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Huh, I didn't realize that teaching cursive wasn't pretty much universal. They start it in 3rd grade here.
msbelle - Apr 30, 2009 6:30:23 am PDT #17413 of 30000
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Amy - Apr 30, 2009 6:31:35 am PDT #17414 of 30000
Because books.
Weirdly, I volunteered in Sara's kindergarten class this morning, and one of the little girls wrote her name in cursive on her paper. Her name is Samantha, too.
In PA, my kids learned the D'Nealian method from kindergarten on, which is supposed to make cursive easier, but they don't use it here.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 30, 2009 6:35:57 am PDT #17415 of 30000
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Of course, these people are SUPPOSED to be printing, but people often don't. But the fact that the under 25 set has read a lot less handwriting in general didn't really occur to me, and sort of explains some things!
msbelle - Apr 30, 2009 6:37:55 am PDT #17416 of 30000
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I am not sure if they teachit here or not, but mac went through a phase where he was desperate to be taught. His grandma did some teaching with him on the strict rule that it could not be used in school yet. He practiced for a while, but then he dropped it.
I know some schools have dropped handwriting all together since so many kids do papers and reports on the computer from a very early age. And then the fact that standardized tests through grade school do not require it. If it is not tested on, there will be calls to drop it.
Gudanov - Apr 30, 2009 6:38:04 am PDT #17417 of 30000
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megan walker - Apr 30, 2009 6:38:39 am PDT #17418 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's bizarre to me because in France they don't learn printing. Obviously you do it on forms, but they don't teach it as a first step to writing.
Gudanov - Apr 30, 2009 6:40:24 am PDT #17419 of 30000
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And then the fact that standardized tests through grade school do not require it. If it is not tested on, there will be calls to drop it.
I could understand that. Here, there is pretty much a month and a half of school year given over to the high stakes tests and preparing for them.
Barb - Apr 30, 2009 6:42:42 am PDT #17420 of 30000
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At Nate's school they're starting to progress into typing/printing their papers out. He actually has dispensation to do this for all his written work because he has processing issues. He has horrible handwriting and it's just difficult for him. I don't think he'll ever have particularly good handwriting unless he decides at some point to really apply himself to learning.