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In reply to the discussion: The problem with you kids today is that you don't write in cursive [View all]Soundman
(297 posts)53. I guess reading cursive is not needed either, well unless
You care you read the Declaration of Independence as it was originally written, or any other important document penned by our founding fathers.
Just think, after the wing nuts/fascists rewrite history there won't be anyone left to refute what they say, because, ya know... Cursive is on par with the abacus.
There is nothing like a love letter penned in currier, it shows how much you truly care.
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There are good, cognitive reasons for cursive with regards to language processing.
politicat
Jun 2013
#2
+1 & People don't know that physical actions have physical STRUCTURAL effects upon the neurons
patrice
Jun 2013
#31
I don't think it's a reasonable system, I just don't think it's the script of Satan.
politicat
Jun 2013
#70
Why didn't she write in whatever script she writes in? Or doesn't she write at all?
FarCenter
Jun 2013
#16
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
it's pretty arbitrary of you to say that a printed signature is less than a cursive signature
CreekDog
Jun 2013
#33
The NC state legislature passed a bill requiring cursive be taught in schools.
alarimer
Jun 2013
#49