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I just want to say JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #1
There are good, cognitive reasons for cursive with regards to language processing. politicat Jun 2013 #2
How is cursive "a word system" while manuscript is a "letter system?" Orrex Jun 2013 #6
How deep do you want me to get into cognitive processing? politicat Jun 2013 #13
+1 & People don't know that physical actions have physical STRUCTURAL effects upon the neurons patrice Jun 2013 #31
This is really interesting. Thanks! pnwmom Jun 2013 #38
Still seems weird to me Orrex Jun 2013 #44
Uh, no ..... oldhippie Jun 2013 #14
And that was such a great post .... oldhippie Jun 2013 #19
And linguistics has massively improved since the 1950s. politicat Jun 2013 #43
I never learned to write cursively. Link Speed Jun 2013 #54
I had to and did, but never did it well. Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #71
Uh, no ..... oldhippie Jun 2013 #14
Good points. aquart Jun 2013 #40
I'd rather know short hand. Neoma Jun 2013 #45
You aren't seriously promoting D'Nealian, are you? Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #51
No, not necessarily d'Nealian. politicat Jun 2013 #62
We're not going to agree about D'Nealian. Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #68
I don't think it's a reasonable system, I just don't think it's the script of Satan. politicat Jun 2013 #70
New math is not a different system for teaching math Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #72
Agreed. LWolf Jun 2013 #52
There are half a dozen methods that fall under hybrid italics. politicat Jun 2013 #63
When I taught younger kids, LWolf Jun 2013 #73
The kids don't have the fine motor skills in pre-K to do cursive yet duffyduff Jun 2013 #60
Montessori does it all the time. They start with cursive in pre-k. politicat Jun 2013 #61
What's coming next? The Metric System? MineralMan Jun 2013 #3
Whadja mean "kid"? I'm 57 and I can't write cursive. I can barely print. TrogL Jun 2013 #4
Whoa! I never reached 120 wpm. I can do 80. randome Jun 2013 #11
I can type faster than I can think TrogL Jun 2013 #57
I'm with you. I won cursive awards WAY back in elementary school... OneGrassRoot Jun 2013 #20
screw cursive. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #5
Comic Sans needs to go right along with Cursive GObamaGO Jun 2013 #8
And conceals all personal information. aquart Jun 2013 #42
I'm a Blackadder fan, myself. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2013 #47
Old Left-Handed person here. Demoiselle Jun 2013 #7
Ever try Russian cursive? johnp3907 Jun 2013 #9
In Russia, cursive tries you! CreekDog Jun 2013 #10
Good one! johnp3907 Jun 2013 #17
In Russia, Cursive sentences you. Aerows Jun 2013 #27
65 and never could write in cursive. madrchsod Jun 2013 #12
If he pipi_k Jun 2013 #21
Why didn't she write in whatever script she writes in? Or doesn't she write at all? FarCenter Jun 2013 #16
i'm guessing she wanted something that looked nice JI7 Jun 2013 #22
no matter her reading and writing skills, what matters is that she is a witness to what happened CreekDog Jun 2013 #24
To enter a writing as evidence, you need a witness to testify that it is genuine and unaltered FarCenter Jun 2013 #36
Here, let me help. LiberalAndProud Jun 2013 #18
cursive is much, much faster than block printing Mosby Jun 2013 #23
if you want to write fast, you will use a keyboard or other methods CreekDog Jun 2013 #25
and that explains the change in focus. Mosby Jun 2013 #29
it's pretty arbitrary of you to say that a printed signature is less than a cursive signature CreekDog Jun 2013 #33
"I can't read and write Aerows Jun 2013 #26
She's just a witness at a trial --she doesn't have to pass your tests CreekDog Jun 2013 #28
In other words Aerows Jun 2013 #32
do you see her as ignorant or less reliable? CreekDog Jun 2013 #34
Ah Aerows Jun 2013 #35
There's an app for that... WCGreen Jun 2013 #30
I speak cursive ! demwing Jun 2013 #37
Damnit demwing Aerows Jun 2013 #39
Son of a bitch, thanks a shit load! demwing Jun 2013 #69
No fucking problem Aerows Jun 2013 #74
I write in cursive and no one can read what I write. My penmanship is that bad. Cleita Jun 2013 #41
But - but - but - things are different now! That means they are bad! (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2013 #46
Lots of people can't write cursive. Brigid Jun 2013 #48
The NC state legislature passed a bill requiring cursive be taught in schools. alarimer Jun 2013 #49
schools require you turn your work in over the net now elehhhhna Jun 2013 #50
I guess reading cursive is not needed either, well unless Soundman Jun 2013 #53
How are you supposed to write in cursive with your thumbs? n/t Mister Ed Jun 2013 #55
Printing is way to slow. I hate when I have to fill out a form with Raine Jun 2013 #56
i print, but i began printing because i preferred it CreekDog Jun 2013 #59
Waiting for a half literate person Riftaxe Jun 2013 #58
It's a failure of schools BainsBane Jun 2013 #64
i think you are in a 20-years-ago mindset, sorry to say CreekDog Jun 2013 #65
Essay exams are still given in college BainsBane Jun 2013 #67
I think Mr. West knew she couldn't read cursive and Auntie Bush Jun 2013 #66
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2014 #75
How about what the kids themselves want? Dale Neiburg Nov 2014 #76
Some cursive is impossible to read. Not everyone perfected writing with the Palmer Method. djean111 Nov 2014 #77
I can write in cursive with both hands HockeyMom Nov 2014 #80
Yes, I do think it is genetic. djean111 Nov 2014 #81
Can you type 100 wpm? HockeyMom Nov 2014 #78
I type 80wpm CreekDog Nov 2014 #79
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