Floof! Cursive or Print?
amylou321
4 years ago
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Comments (53)" if I had school age kids in today's world, they would not be going to a public school. it isn't that they have more important things to teach kids today, it's that they have ridiculous things to indoctrinate the kids with, instead of the basics.." Please share your public school conspiracy theory with us. It's funny, because if anything, the many private schools run by religious extremist groups serve up plenty of propaganda. What school parents send kids to is a choice, if private tuition can be afforded, but that doesn't negate the tremendous importance of public schools to all of us. Having the best possible public schools is essential, they educate the majority of tomorrow's members of our communities and our society. It's a serious responsibility and one that private schools will never fill. AND, in my opinion, learning cursive writing just isn't an essential skill. olychick, cursive writing and its appearance and patterns are quite different in Europe than here. It may be that what you wrote wasn't legible for them. Or, it hit someone on the wrong day and they didn't want to try. Just as with speaking slowly using simple words for a foreign audience, block letters (which are also somewhat different) are the best choice when you know the writing will be read by a non-American....See MoreShould cursive writing still be taught?
Comments (52)De-lurking for the subject... I am the mother of 4 kids. Three boys ages 13,9, and 6. And a daughter age 12. I am also the wife of a high school history teacher. Where I live they are taught cursive. Beginning in 3rd grade. They start teaching it in the second semester. Anyhow....I am one that believes a child should write with what they feel most comfortable doing. @Jemdandy, then I guess you would consider my 13 year old son illiterate. That is where you are ignorant of one fact. Not all children can write in cursive. It has to deal with lack of a fine motor skill disability. He prints his name out. And it is false that you do need to know how to write in cursive to sign a legal document. My son is on the honor roll, receives straight A's since 1st grade, yet you would down grade his hiring position just because of that. That is wrong. My 12 year old daughter who is also a honor student and is in 3 advanced classes prefers to print. She says cursive takes way to long. My teacher's never taught me how to write in cursive my parents did. A lot of parents like to blame the school system for not teaching there children certain things. Parents are responsible for there kids education if you don't think they are getting taught the right things...then teach them at home. I do write in cursive. My kids know how to count money. My daughter who is in 7th grade is in 8th grade advanced Math. Next year, when she is in 8th grade she will be bused over to the high school for a math class. I don't think my daughter would be in all the advanced classes she is in now if I hadn't worked with her at home. My sons that are 13 and 9. The older one has a fine motor problems with his hands. He doesn't have to write in cursive and is not made to. Matter of fact, a teacher of his just got 'in trouble' for making him try to write in cursive when it is in his files that he only writes in print only. She actually humiliated my son in her class full of other students. Just because he wasn't writing in cursive. My 9 year old has ADHD and has borderline aspergers however, he still manages C's. And he is in a regular classroom. He is in the 4th grade this year. He also doesn't write in cursive. But he prints. And his printing is the most beautiful I have ever seen. My 6 year old son...is reading at a late 1st grade level. He is in Kindergarten. I actually started him a year later. So I could work with him at home before he went into Kindergarten. His teacher is thrilled with him. Says he helps her, doesn't seem bored and helps the other students when he is done. She said, he is a born leader. I don't think he would be this way if we wouldn't have decided to start him a year later. Learning starts and ends at home. If they aren't learning up to par to is time to talk to the teachers. Teacher's these days are Swamped with students. My sons kindergarten class was up to 31 students before they hired a new teacher. Now there is 19 students. However, there are 7 kindergarten classes at his school. When you have a lot of students to teach. Things do get pushed aside. It is not unusual for kids not to be able to read cursive writing. What surprises me is the amount of 'thing's that kids don't know. Like who The first President of the United States was? Or who Columbus was? It amazes me at the amount that kids do not know. I am always shocked when my husband comes home from school and tells me what his kids don't know. Another thing....My husband was with his students one day...and one of them pipped up and said,"Mr.___ You are pretty cool." My husband asked,"Why do you say that?" They told him that you never say, "You should know this stuff." The kids says that makes them feel stupid....just that little sentence. My husband told them. Thank You, and that he does that because he is suppose to be teaching them....and if they already know it then great...if not you get to learn something new. I thought that was awesome. Oh, Wow! Sorry that is so long!...See MoreFloof: My new,odd habit.....and yours????
Comments (51)Glad to read I'm not the only oddball out there! Very interesting to read about all of our various quirks. littlebug, I never, ever leave my car windows down because of the remote chance a wasp might get inside. I could just see me driving over a cliff because a stinging insect was buzzing around in the car. I once stripped down to my undies in a parking lot because I felt something crawling up my leg while driving. It turned out to be a bee that had somehow got under my pants leg - still makes me shudder to think about it!...See MoreFLOOF! What do you use for a bookmark?
Comments (31)I make my own in Photoshop. I did one for my sister of a row of her hibiscus flowers, mine was my roses. For my DH I did a couple of his 1946 and 1955 Chevy trucks pictures. Also did one of my dog Elvira and her different poses. I printed them on heavy glossy photo print paper. They have held up quite well and when they wear out I can always make more....See More
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