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[DaemonSeid]

And while we are on the subject of writing habits, check out this article on the death of cursive writing

[agzg]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

And while we are on the subject of writing habits, check out this article on the death of cursive writing

Live-in started school in Canada and went the equivalent of Kindergarten to fourth grade before his family moved back to the US. His mom told me a funny story a few months ago.

Apparently, when he started school in the US, he couldn't read what the teacher was writing on the board. He FREAKED OUT. His teacher sent a note home, suggesting that his parents test him for all sorts of learning disabilities and asking them to set up a meeting ASAP.

They went to the classroom and met with the teacher, and everything went well and they set up a time for him to be tested. That night at home, live-in saw one of his mom's grocery lists and said "SEE - THIS IS WHAT I CAN'T READ. BUT I CAN READ!!!!!!!" The grocery list was written in cursive. He had no problems with printing.

Canada apparently doesn't teach cursive in schools, at least not before the fourth grade level. He still has problems with my handwriting (I write EVERYTHING in cursive because my dad was a handwriting NAZI) and can't write in cursive himself at all.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

And while we are on the subject of writing habits, check out this article on the death of cursive writing

My kids learned the d'nealian handwriting method from kindergarten and it helped them ease into cursive much faster than we did when I was in school. This link shows samples of the method.
http://www.dnealian.com/

I write in cursive a lot because it's so much faster. You don't have to stop, start, stop, start, etc. I can't imagine printing notes during a lecture.

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by AGDee

My kids learned the d'nealian handwriting method from kindergarten and it helped them ease into cursive much faster than we did when I was in school. This link shows samples of the method.
http://www.dnealian.com/

I write in cursive a lot because it's so much faster. You don't have to stop, start, stop, start, etc. I can't imagine printing notes during a lecture.

When I was in college, a lot of my friends were in the elementary education program, and they had to learn how to write in d'nealian.

I am so glad I was a secondary major.....I do not have good handwriting...

[ZetaGirl22]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

And while we are on the subject of writing habits, check out this article on the death of cursive writing

That kind of depresses me, honestly. I went to Catholic school and got the Palmer method penmanship books drilled into me. If anyone else went to Catholic school, you will understand the emphasis on penmanship LOL. I write everything in cursive. Its so much faster. I ALWAYS took notes in cursive.....made it easier to keep up with what the teachers were saying. And my printing looks like dog s anyway. The cursive looks so much nicer