One cool fact I found was that 41 states don’t require cursive anymore. That’s more than half of the U.S! In my opinion, I don’t think students should be taught how to write cursive, it’s a waste of time. Although, I think students should be taught how to read it. To begin, with there is still a lot of cursive in the world, next, reading cursive helps our brain with many things, lastly, if schools don’t teach students how to read cursive are we going to read old documents.
To begin with, there is still a lot of cursive in the world. Think about it, cursive is everywhere. For example, cursive writing covers the walls of the ancient roman Pompeii. Next, Christopher Columbus wrote his adventures in America in cursive. Lastly, and I think most
The article’s, “Is It Time for Cursive to Die?”, written by Lauren Tarshis, and “Why I Keep My Letters”, written by Nina Sankovitch, both agree with different sides when it comes to us humans keeping cursive or not. Despite both articles giving good evidence to support their claim, I have come to the conclusion that the form of writing cursive should be preserved, not forgotten. One reason they cursive should not be forgotten is because of the history that comes from it. For instance, the article states, “Thomas Jefferson penned one of our country’s most famous documents, the Declaration of Independence, in glorious cursive” (Tarshis 19). This piece of evidence shows how some of the most important events in history used cursive, showing how
In the article, “Why We Shouldn’t Write Off Cursive” by Bobby George and June George, talks about cursive. The authors argue how cursive should be taught in school and should be considered more valuable. Right now, 45 states has omitted cursive from the required school curricula. I remember when I studied in a private school at India, we had to learn cursive. It was not an optional, it was a must and we were pretty much was graded on how neat/good you write it. Personally, I think cursive is very neat, elegant, and rich looking and I believe it helps you get a good handwriting too.
The article’s, “Is It Time for Cursive to Die?”, written by Lauren Tarshis, and “Why I Keep My Letters”, written by Nina Sankovitch, they both talk about how cursive is starting to be forgotten. In my opinion, there are other things similar to cursive in the way that they would be missed if forgotten. For instance, painting. Painting is an art, history, and so much more. Painting had begun when the caveman first painted on the wall, over 100’s of years ago. It has come all this way to become one of the most rehearsed hobbies of all. Painting is something I can do when I’m bored, it doesn’t take to much effort, and anyone could do it if they wanted. Painting expresses things without using words, people can get out what the truly want without
Did you know cursive takes away core subjects like Math and Reading? Well, it does and that’s bad because that means you could make you less smart. In my opinion, cursive writing should not be taught today. First, it takes too much time. Second, it’s frustrating for parents. Lastly, you can gain a life skill because cursive might be easy for you when you grow up.
Through the years, many people have stated that cursive should not be taught in schools. Reading historical documents, personalization, and brain function involves cursive. Cursive writing definitely has a place in our digital society.
Cursive writing hasn’t been taught in schools for a while and will result in increased difficulties for students now and in the future. There are many things that involve cursive writing such as writing signatures or reading old documents. I think cursive writing should be taught because cursive inspires creativity, can be used as a tool, and develops motor skills for our brains. In my opinion, because cursive has many benefits, this form of writing should be taught in schools today.
Should cursive be put back in school? I agree with the passage "Cursive Is a Powerful Brain Tool". Cursive writting is essential,though not for the reasons people might guess. Cursive writting has been proven to be good for our minds. A couple of reasons why i agree that cursive writting is good for the brain are writing by hand helps people to remember ideas better than typing. Also, medical brain scans show that writing in cursive helps with motor-skills development and stimulates both the right and left part of the brain.
Cursive is still taught and it is still not gone if you think it is. About 75 percent of second- and third-grade teachers continue to include cursive instruction in their curriculum even though it is not being used as much anymore, according to a new national survey of elementary school teachers. Some kids love to have nice penmanship and most teachers are catching on. They teach kids how to write cursive whether it is by a blackboard, a smart board, or a white board, students don't care, they just want to learn it. It can help students dramatically when it comes to reading and writing skills. If
About 75% of second and third grade teachers teach their class cursive. Kids should learn cursive because they can be prepared for seeing more cursive when they grow older. But a lot of kids don’t learn cursive and they don’t understand it when they see cursive. They might just see weird scribbles. Kids should learn cursive in school they might need it one day. You never know, you could get a job that requires you to know cursive.
As pointed out by Penny Joy a curriculum coordinator of Plymouth Canton Community Schools, she quotes that “ normally she receives a lot more calls daily with parents asking her why her school continues to teach cursive than calls requiring that more time be devoted to teaching cursive writing”. She continues to say that “she sees no reason to continue teaching cursive in her school since they don’t have time for it”. They would rather allocate that time and resources to other industrious subjects and projects.
In conclusion, cursive does not need to leave it needs to stay. We need it to sigh things for checks or for work. When cursive was used way back in the day people had to learn it or they would not pass. Cursive takes time and takes time from more things to do. It would help them in the long run. Cursive was used to push people to write when they couldn’t do it. And that is way I think cursive should stay in schools today. There for, you should try to learn and keep cursive alive. We are going to need it one day but it might be
Suzi Allan sought help at her son’s school after hearing from his teacher that his handwriting needed some work. She was wondering when the kids would learn cursive writing and was told by the teacher that the school wasn’t offering it. Something needed to be done. Action was taken by Pam Roach, a state lawmaker in Washington, who tried to get a law passed that would require cursive to be taught in Washington schools, however it did not get voted on so it did not become a law.Schools should ensure that students value their education.(Seattle Times via Newsela).That’s why schools should teach cursive writing.
Should cursive writing be taught to students in public schools? Personally, I believe cursive writing is a bit outdated in a sense. But I do not see it as a roadblock to any stepping stones if students were taught cursive writing. There are several facts and statements that add to the support of my opinion.
I think cursive writing should be thaught in all public schools and also in the private schools. It has been proven that it helps the brain. All student should be able to write cursive and not only type everything on a computer. Students now days use more electronic things than anything els it's a good thing but we should keep teaching our kids the important of cursive writing.
To say cursive writing is pointless and not needed in the classroom is a far stretch. In my opinion we still need to at least learn it but not over bear on its importance.