do your schools focus on cursive writing... or is it becomining a thing of the past?

Question

the teachers in our district say, its a computer age.... and they dont teach cursive writing more than a year? my son prints everything... hes 12

Answer 1

My son is in 5th grade, and he writes like a cave man. I am outraged that his school does not teach cursive hand writing, and I worry that he will emerge from public education unable to write using a pen and paper aside from the uneducated scrawl he now uses.

This is just another symptom of the decline of the American civilization.

Answer 2

I think it's an art. I am a teacher and a friend of mine who is older and also teaches disagrees about the need all the time.

If you look at the old German letters, it was required learning at one time, too. I can read it because it was my major in college, but once I worked on my masters and with computer technology, I am seeing less of a need to really "know" cursive writing.

When I use the white board, I print things. Chalk boards are a thing of the past. Usually I use powerpoint programs in my lessons on a large TV screen. I use various printed fonts.

Finally, there are many students with various disabilities in reading. It is important that they are understanding content mastery of various material knowledge. Not more trival things like cursive writing.

Answer 3

My daughter doesn't print everything. She uses cursive writing. I think that if the child writes so messy that the teacher can't read the cursive writing, then maybe they'll have the child print. It's really a shame though. I don't think that you can blame that on computers. It's lazy teaching. They don't enforce proper spelling and grammar anymore either.

Answer 4

It depends mostly on the teachers.

For the most part, in third and forth grade (sometimes fifth), cursive is taught and used. From there on, it's really the teacher's choice. Most teachers in sixth grade and above, however, give the choice of either typing or cursive.

Answer 5

in the schools i went to it was whatever was the neatest. with everything being typed now cursive hasn't been necessary. and to be honest my cursive was awful, so I always found it unecessary (except for signatures). what is soo bad about not using cursive. the important thing is the content of the writing, not that it looks pretty.

Answer 6

i think of babies could nonetheless learn it, it does not take lots coaching time in spite of the shown fact that it does take some practice time and it helped stronger my handwriting which became somewhat shoddy-- i does not say it particularly is a lifelike means or in spite of the shown fact that it particularly is a elementary means that doesn't require lots education. I nonetheless write in cursive somewhat whilst im writing for somebody on the fringe of my coronary heart. i think of it would form of be a shame for it to fall by using the wayside, definitely i admire how cursive writing seems so rather in keeping with risk im basically kinda previous-college =) lol

Answer 7

When I was in elementary school, I learned cursive in 3rd grade and was required to use it throughout 5th grade. When I went to middle school, I was only required to use it for final copies of papers if I couldn't type them. Now I print or type everything.

Answer 8

In seventh grade they care, I'm in high school now and they really don't care if u write in print or cursive, as long as it's neat and readable.

Answer 9

no schools dont really enforce cursive writing any more.....third or fourth grade is usually the grade that enforces it...now teachers will be happy if u write anything at all

Answer 10

in second grade:)