The Joy Of Cursive Writing

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.

My mother woke me up early on a Monday morning, and told me something special was here for me. She brought me into the kitchen, I saw a big envelop on the kitchen table. The post said it was from Washington for Octavius Bellamy. When I got the invitation out of the envolpe there was this big golden sticker that kept the invitation together. The sticker had some fancy writting that said something. When I finally got the golden sticker to unattach from the invitation there was some blue cursive writting. As I read though the invitation my mouth was watery to see what the thing was.

I found that in the 1940’s students learned cursive for an hour a day, every single day, for multiple years. However, students today learn cursive in only second grade for 30 minutes a day, and only 3 times a week. In addition, students today are not required to use cursive on any classroom work other than their cursive handwriting worksheets, whereas students from the older generation were required to use cursive on all classroom activities. All differences aside, one thing remains common – students must receive an education. Because cursive handwriting improves visual cognition and fine motor skills, greater measures should be taken to increase students’ abilities to read and write in cursive.

As many know and believe cursive writing evolved from the calligraphic hand! Cursive has gone back many generations. Cursive is believed to be the fastest way to write. It also is needed in many different ways, such as writing essays and signing your signature on contracts. Not only is the constitution in cursive, but many things are in cursive, but if you don’t know how to write or read cursive you might be a little confused. All schools should teach cursive it’s a really important skill in life.

While writing in cursive, both sides of your brain communicate with one another. It is a fact, in paragraph 3 it says,"Medical brain scans show that writing in cursive helps with fine motor-skill development and stimukates both the right and left parts of the brain." Writing in print only stimulates half of the brain. Not only does cursive help with memorizing, and stimulating both sides of the brain but it also

In "Cursive Is a Powerful Brain Tool," the author made an excellent point about how much more helpful it is to take notes using cursive rather than typing. Personally, I only write by hand when I take notes because I can remember physically using my hand to make the notes, which helps me to remember the notes and the entire situation I was in when I made them. I was also surprised to learn about the medical benefits that come along with learning cursive. For instance, the use of cursive as a teaching tool for people who suffer from dyslexia.

In the 20th century, teaching cursive writing was way more important than it is now less and less kids can’t read letters from their grandparents or other family members but everyone is on their phones and computers to wright these days people video chat all the time and that’s why in my opinion we don’t need cursive.

putting pen to paper stimulates the brain like nothing else, in this age of e-mails, text and tweets. Learning to write in cursive is shown to improve brain development in the thinking area. language and thinking. Cursive handwriting stimulates brain synapses and between the left and right hemisphere. The college board found the student who wrote in cursive for an essay portion of the SAT, slightly scored higher than the ones who printed.

My own opinion on cursive wrinting in the class rooms of high shool students varies. Ive learned throughout shcoool that yes, it is easier to learn to just write in regular handwriting then in cursive. Now these days of learning has changed, the Common Core Standards now does not require you to learn cursive writing.

Think about what you have done today before reading this. Did you brush your teeth, go to the bathroom, write something down? You probably have written something down without even knowing. Handwriting is very important in day to day life. Without it, there are many things that we could not do. If you know print that is great but you are even better off if you know cursive also. You will be able to read it, help those with disabilities,and be about to sing you signature.

Catholic schools tend to emphasize teaching cursive to their students for its historical roots and its fluidity. As a result, in third grade, my teachers spent weeks teaching my peers and I to write in cursive. Today I write in script properly, if not often, unlike many of my classmates from public schools. Although I rarely think of this superfluous skill as an asset, it comes in handy when I need to write under a time restraint. My cursive letters are quick and slanted; ink flowing in fast loops and lines as I hurry to get out my message, the side of my hand never leaving the page in my rush. I feel personally responsible for the uncorking of hundreds of bottles of red wine and the undue exhalation of gallons of CO2 as my teachers struggle

my observation at W.G. Pearson Elementary School, they took out cursive writing. So the teacher found a way to incorporate writing in cursive. When I heard that I was thinking, how is that child able to sign the paper, understand the doctor handwriting, or even sign packages. Most places do not accept writing their names in print. Now looking back, I am grateful for learning how to write in cursive. Even thought cursive handwriting is hard, it is a different language. I am very appreciated for learning how to write in cursive.

I never got the hand of cursive; I never learned to do my z’s and half of the captable letters. It never stuck to me and it frustrates me. Most teachers write cursive too, so it’s hard to read them. And I am always scared or ashamed to ask the teacher to write it in print or to translate it because it may frustrate the teacher that this generation don't know how to read cursive. Or having to translate it repeatedly for others, in the end having to write the whole text again in print. The whole point of cursive is to write quicker. Who wouldn’t want to write faster when the powerpoint lesson is passing through? Through history, they replace quill pens for ballpoint pens; pens replaced with typewriters; and now computers go faster than typewriters. With all this advanced technology, why need the skill to write with your hands; when you can just type it up and save trees.

A fifteen year old straight “A” student walked into the Department of Motor Vehicles with her mother. The excitement of becoming a driver for the first time quickly faded when the girl was required to sign her name. The girl was mortified that she didn’t know how. The mother couldn’t help but wonder if her child’s generation was filled with cursive illiterates? Cursive writing should be a curriculum requirement for grade school students not only because it is required on legal documents but it is important to understand information written in cursive and it improves penmanship.

Imagining our future citizens being unable to write their own signature is truly a bewildering thought. Unfortunately, this reality is a very possible and likely outcome for our country as schools around the United States are debating whether or not to keep cursive writing in their curriculums. Some states believe it is a vital and basic necessity of education, while others think print handwriting would do just fine. Generally, this matter has proven to be a very controversial topic that largely impacts education. From the Sources, it can be gathered that there are many credible arguments to this debate, however, it is evident that the benefits of maintaining cursive writing in schools outweigh the negatives, if any.