tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post4356142224136808770..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: back to cursive...Doug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-37019595736586538052014-07-27T06:20:14.910-05:002014-07-27T06:20:14.910-05:00Most people can say the same thing about algebra.....Most people can say the same thing about algebra... haven't used it in years, and yet algebra is a developmental thing, and the mental capacity and sense of confidence one gets from succeeding at learning algebra is considered to be important in education.<br /><br />Cursive may not be required, and whole states have done away with it in their curricula.Usuallly the break down on seeing the value of it, falls along the line of who's good at it. Those who were successful in it tend to understand its value in schooling and those not so, would do away with it.<br /><br />I like it because it is one of those things in school where you actually are doing something that is connected to hundreds of years of human culture, and that requires practice and the development of skill, rather than sitting passively and doing little or nothing in relation to schooling. Those who succeed at it know what it is like to put beauty on paper.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-84966252348299513842014-07-24T09:40:53.116-05:002014-07-24T09:40:53.116-05:00I would have to respectfully disagree. What is imp...I would have to respectfully disagree. What is important is that children learn to communicate via writing, and cursive is not a requirement to do that.<br /><br />To be honest, (excluding signing my name which is just a scribble anymore) I can't remember the last time I needed to use cursive. Any form I fill out on paper asks me to print, and any writing I do is on a computer. Cursive is just not required anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com