What all have failed to mention is the use cursive has today: it is an art. As such, it opens up pathways in the brain between left and right brain activities (basic symbology and the artistic). Why do they have you learn Geography? Why are you taught Shakespeare? Why do you need to learn science? Not just as a set of job skills for the future, because, I know that I haven't used too much Shakespeare when filling out taxes, or math in being a delivery driver. No, the use of such things is to open the mind of the student in order that they can learn. And not just to learn the subject, but in order to expand the mind. Why keep Cursive when we don't like it? For the same reason we pay the electric bill: because we need what it provides for us.
And by the way, tiPewriter? It is spelled "Typewriter" based on typing. If you're going to correct grammar, do it properly.
Why do they have you learn Geography? Why are you taught Shakespeare? Why do you need to learn science? Not just as a set of job skills for the future, because, I know that I haven't used too much Shakespeare when filling out taxes, or math in being a delivery driver. No, the use of such things is to open the mind of the student in order that they can learn. And not just to learn the subject, but in order to expand the mind.
Why keep Cursive when we don't like it? For the same reason we pay the electric bill: because we need what it provides for us.
And by the way, tiPewriter? It is spelled "Typewriter" based on typing. If you're going to correct grammar, do it properly.
- An English Teacher