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purplepumpkin
· 4 years ago
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I don't get the hatred towards cursive and I'm still not entirely convinced some actual people whose first language use the roman alphabet and are not illiterate really find cursive difficult. I mean we learnt to write when we were 5-6 yo, maybe it's time to move on?
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funkmasterrex
· 4 years ago
It's not hard, but I've only used it for two things; my own signature and trying to decipher the ancient texts.
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jokur_and_batmon
· 4 years ago
They’ve actually started putting cursive writing back in schools
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mrscollector
· 4 years ago
I actually am glad. See due to my dyslexia I can’t read cursive. It’s mainly because not a single damn person writes it so anyone can read it because every one adds their own little twist and curls.
funkmasterrex
· 4 years ago
And circles. My signature has a big ass circle in it because 1) it looks cool and 2) it makes it much harder to copy.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
I don’t use cursive much at all. I also don’t use the needlepoint they taught us in school, the volleyball or kickball or football or baseball they taught us either. Many people don’t use the languages other than English that many school teach. Maybe not the math either. You won’t find many practical uses for poetry either. That summer reading list is full of books that outside conversation or a trivia game aren’t going to provide you practical knowledge or abilities. Shakespeare? Oh. Ok. How many jobs outside entertainment or teaching require Shakespeare? When is the last time in your life that you used Emily Dickinson or Shell Silverstein? Dr Seuss?
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guest_
· 4 years ago
It’s just “enrichment.” School isn’t doing you any good by just programming you like a robot. How do they even know what kind of robot you want to be? Part of school years is growing up- finding friends and hobbies, creating a world view and figuring out the kind of person you admire, who you are and who you want to be. Should they teach cursive? I don’t know. If someone has a better use for that time- that would seem wiser. But I mean- it’s easier to learn cursive than to write Hangul for an English speaker. So you aren’t going to free enough hours to learn some amazing thing.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
And really- school is about more than teaching you to spell and wipe your own butt or do your stupid taxes. It’s supposed to be a bout creating well rounded people- not just people well equipped with hard skills but lacking softskills, critical thinking, self determination, culture, history, context.
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funkmasterrex
· 4 years ago
This is for entertainment purposes, so I'll give you that... but...
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funkmasterrex
· 4 years ago
wait for it...
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funkmasterrex
· 4 years ago
thou doth protest too much
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funkmasterrex
· 4 years ago
and... ugh... well-rounded for awhile, but eventually specialization is necessary.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
Of course. At SOME point you have to specialize. But most people learn cursive in primary school, and in the US, while there is SOME pre specialization in the average high school or middle school- specialization doesn’t REALLY start to be a major decision in life path until college for most people. But I don’t really care if people learn cursive. It really isn’t functional- it CAN be or could become a sign of pedigree- the elites love ways to tell who “belongs” from those who do not- literacy was once such a sign- then latin once it was no longer a commonly used language- and so on.
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funkmasterrex
· 4 years ago
Oof... Latin... and it's practical application now... it reads like a fucking crackhead Simpson's episode.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
I do not understand. I apologize.
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funkmasterrex
· 4 years ago
A round' of fucking applause. Go on, take it, take the fuckin' bow.
charliejoachi
· 4 years ago
we weren't taught cursive handwriting
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