this stupid girl she is yaqui said " do mexicans know how to read cursive?"
i told her you sound racist. she said she didnt mean it but....
i told her that some people weater they are white or mexicans or what ever culture, some dont know how to read cursive. she said that most of the white people she
knew how to read cursive.
she said it was suppose to come in our culture. i learn it in 3rd grade.
im right right!!??
2007-03-23 15:01:06 · 8 answers · asked by Traveling girl 2 in Travel ➔ Mexico ➔ Other - Mexico
That girl is ****** retarded. I think she has counted one too many feathers on her head from all that pow wow dancing.
2007-03-23 22:27:00 · answer #1 · answered by M I K E 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i think less and less people are taught to write in cursive now days, so maybe they can't read it either. but i doubt it has to do with being mexican. i don't think that girl sounded racist either, she was just asking and it would have been nice if you could have answered her so she didn't feel so threatenned.
i would say that if a person doesn't have a lot of money, and attended limited school, one of the things they probably would NOT learn, is cursive....it's not real high on the priority list.
2007-03-23 16:46:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A really good friend of mine had an experience with cursive, and myself being Mexican-American she taught me something new that I didn't know. She was born and raised in Mexico but now lives and teaches here in the states, anyway, she told me that cursive was NOT taught when she went to school in Mexico, in fact she can't even write it. Now for reading I think she can, but I am going to have to ask her on Monday...something very shocking and new I learned about the schooling in Mexico. But I am sure that they have changed their teaching styles by now.
2007-03-23 18:18:43 · answer #3 · answered by Sol 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mexican civil registration records (birth, marriage, death) and Catholic church records are written in a very beautiful, highly embellished cursive since the 1500s. (Hop over to genealogy boards/sites if you want to know more about that.)
There are a lot of spelling, punctuation, and grammar differences between English and Spanish, and there are many people in Mexico who don't know how to read very well. (There are many Americans who don't either.) However, those Mexicans who can read and write can read and write in cursive.
Just for kicks, there's an example of the kind of writing you'd find in Mexican records below.
2007-03-23 16:36:07 · answer #4 · answered by calliope320 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some can, some can't. I'm a teacher in Mexico. The public schools are teaching it now, but they didn't use to. Just because it's on birth certificates and a person can understand a few words relative to their birth doesn't make them able to understand long passages. Even a completely illiterate person can read their birth certificate, no matter how it's written. It's just a few words....not a lot of grammar involved.
2007-03-24 03:37:00 · answer #5 · answered by ramblin' robert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think she was being racist by saying that. How does she know if hispanics use cursive writing in their country or not? It wasn't meant to be a slam. She just wanted to know, and honestly...I don't know any adult American who is literate...who can't read cursive writing.
Just ask yourself...do Asian's write in cursive in their countries? Their alphabet is different than ours. How would you know unless you asked an Asian, and if you did...would that make you a racist?
2007-03-23 15:04:42 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa E 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
your friend sounds like she dont get out much because I know lots of mex that know how to read cursive she just needs to learn that some people have the advantage of going to school and some dont
2007-03-23 15:09:46 · answer #7 · answered by lizziemoffles 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sum do and some dont like everyone else
2007-03-23 16:53:56 · answer #8 · answered by la naca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋