But yeah, I should be able to write cursive
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guest
· 6 years ago
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I love cursive, don’t get me wrong. But... honestly, that’s such a trivial thing. It isn’t necessary...
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guest_
· 6 years ago
Latin was once the language of scholars, most degrees do not require Latin anymore, and outside a narrow scope it is unlikely you will encounter much of it. It's somewhat sad to see any language and most forms of art die. However I can't recall the last time I used cursive other than in a decorative manner. In fact I do recall after being taught cursive few teachers allowed it as it was harder to read everyone's individual style. In that regard cursive, like Latin or calligraphy isn't going away. It will persist as an art form and tool of expression to any who care to take it up as a hobby. Schools have just decided there are more functional things and more useful forms of expression to use that class time to teach kids. If I had a child and a choice between HTML and cursive, or photoshop and cursive or so on- I don't think I'd choose to teach them cursive with that time.
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lemmingoverlord
· 6 years ago
Yet, old people have an excuse to fuck up.
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chicken_nugget
· 6 years ago
In my elementary school you had to use cursive from 2nd grade to 5th grade and would get a zero on any assignment written in print so I hate it but I'm good at it
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guest
· 6 years ago
Shut the fuck up. Every generation has had to deal with older generations complaining about them. You're not special. Just deal with it and stop sniveling. While I'm not sure I totally believe it, there is a recent study that says the younger generations are falling for scams more than the elderly.
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hood
· 6 years ago
Yes that younger generation stat is about 5 to 12 year olds with too much access to personal information and no supervision. That and the concept of generations is stupid and pointless and i agree old people always complain about new things, and i do mean always. When paper became a mass market thing teachers complained students will never learn how to use chalk and stone tablets properly, that's not an exaggeration it happened look it up. Every group of older people will always say that younger people are stupid (they're young obviously they're stupid, you were the same you just like to think you weren't because you're more experienced now) or lazy (this happens because people always find quicker, easier ways to do things that old people hate and call lazy methods), seriously go back 1000 years and you'll still find newspapers with articles about "thr younger generation" and they all say the same damn thing, "the youth of today are lazy because X, stupid because Y, vain because Z, etc
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guest_
· 6 years ago
Ah. I can see the argument here. So what you're saying is that like cancer, or exploitation of fellow humans- that these are things that past generations have had to deal with as well for as long as history- and so people shouldn't speak out against them? It's an interesting thought. I might have looked at it in the light that every younger "generation" has had to suffer through such things, and perhaps we could try to make sure that future generations don't too since no one really seems to appreciate it. But I suppose you view it more as a "right of passage" like when someone's parents berate and humiliate them, it's then not only required but advised they do the same their own children, to make sure we continue that cycle, and that if those children complain they need to deal with it and stop sniveling?
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hood
· 6 years ago
From the time you're born until your early 20s anything made is new and interesting and you can probably make a career out of it and you can't imagine a word without these things, later 20s'-36 everything is just advances on things that have always been there, 36+ anything new is against the natural order of things and you hate it. This seems to be the common trend with people with regards to advancements
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