Cursive is making a comeback in schools across the nation after taking a back seat for the past several years.
Alabama and Louisiana passed laws in favor of bringing cursive back to the classroom last year, joining a dozen other states that require cursive inpublic schools, according to Time magazine.
The country’s largest public school system has supported this move, as New York City schools — consisting of more than a million students — now require educators to teach cursive, starting in the third grade.
“It’s definitely not necessary but I think it’s, like, cool to have it,” said Emily Ma, a senior at Stuyvesant High School in New York City. Ma had never learned cursive up to this point.
New York state Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis thought it was time to put cursive back in the schools when she came across an 18-year-old at a voter registration event who wrote his name in block letters, Time noted.
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It's about time.
ReplyDeleteThis is as dumb as teaching the children how to use and Abacus! Wrong! Put more effort in stuff the kids will use, what a waste of valuable time. It is no wonder our education system is almost dead last in the world. Bring on the Vouchers!
ReplyDeletePeople still write. You still have to "sign" your name. And historical documents are written. You are dumb, trying to dummy down the next generation. You would think people would want to encourage our youth. The common core math crap, now that is something that should never had been introduced and studying to take a test, instead of using school time to educate another thing to delete.
DeleteIf you need to look at a deed before the era of typewriter it will be in cursive. So if you want to be stupid and not be able to read anything but what is going on today....dummy down the school system and forget writing. Thank goodness they are bringing it back....that was stupid to begin with.
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