Much of our writing is done on a keyboard or written in longhand according to New York Times’ “Room for Debate” article entitled, “Is Cursive Dead?” Very small proportions of students use cursive daily; in addition, people who don’t utilize cursive as often only use it as a signature. In today’s society, typing is the key to a multitude of jobs, as most now require some level of computer proficiency to succeed. Given these realities, teachers would be better off focusing on the skills and knowledge that will impact student success in the future. Many teachers already abandoned cursive in the 21st century because they think it is a waste of time. Many people believe that there is simply no need to teach students both print and cursive; moreover, the Common Core standards don’t require teaching students to write in cursive.
For the minority, they use cursive because of the flow of cursive movements comes much more naturally compared to print. Studies say that fifty percent of students write faster and more neatly in cursive than print since it improves fine motor skills and engages more cognitive skills than. Personally, I prefer typing or writing in print rather than writing in cursive because it is easier for me. What do you think about cursive? Why is it important to learn cursive writing? If you do know how to write in cursive, do you prefer writing in print or cursive?
- Devin Caldejon
I think that cursive is essential to learn at first. Cursive is mainly used for signatures so people don't forged them. Yet, today people's signatures are merely just scribbles. My cursive isn't the best, but I would prefer to not write in it. I would prefer to write in print rather than in cursive. I believe that since our world had come to using more technology, we haven't really got the chance to learn more on cursive. Everything revolves in technology, nothing is old school anymore.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it is very important to learn to write in cursive. I do, however, believe that students should be taught, at the very least, how to read cursive. I remember when I was little, I'd get birthday cards from relatives in which they wrote little messages for me. I always had trouble reading their messages because they were written completely in cursive.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't a problem for me anymore, but I know that there is still a large amount of people who see cursive as another language. In my opinion, the ability to read cursive is a much more important skill than being able to write in cursive, as handwriting is a dying skill.
Writing in cursive is not as important as learning to read in cursive, in my opinion. Sure cursive is used in some instances, such as writing a check or making a loan, but it is not necessary to learn it since it is not frequented as much. I can see how cursive benefits though, like hand-eye coordination and it helps to improve our penmanship. I sometimes write in cursive because it is visually appealing to me, but other than that cursive is dying with technology like tablets around.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to write cursive when I started to learn how to write in print, and if I had to choose one I prefer print since my print is more eligible than my cursive. However, if I timed, I like cursive better since like you said it makes me write faster and I think this is because the letters of a word are all connected. Furthermore, when my cursive is slender and neat, I feel like it motivates me to read or study more because I think when I decorate my notes, it is simpler to understand. Nevertheless, the thought of cursive dying makes me feel sad since I enjoyed learning it when I was younger, and I think that it is an experience everyone should enjoy.
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