Indiana schools to stop teaching cursive writing

[Nancy Drew]

Alan Rickman- people were talking in another thread about how he has sausage fingers.

[morbidT]

Me too! Maybe we were neighbs.

For your sake, you better hope we aren't related!

[Nancy Drew]

For your sake, you better hope we aren't related!

Probably.

[morbidT]

I know that song!

[ZoMyGoddess!]

I love this thread. Hahaha I hope more of u show your handwriting.

[WhiskeyGirl]

I can't write in cursive. I don't know why, I just never got it. I remember in about 3rd grade being sent to the library to sit and write "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" over and over again to practice writing in cursive. It didn't work. I still can't write in cursive!

I print beautifully. :-D

[neenerneener]

tara, I wouldn't mind having cilantro fingers if it meant I was getting a piece of alan rickman. The things I do for love...

[beli]

[ZoMyGoddess!]

beli, you know how to make a bitch feel special.

[beli]

beli, you know how to make a bitch feel special.

i thought you would have trouble reading it because of how bright and blurry it is and bc of my crazylady print.

[ZoMyGoddess!]

Beli, did you see the handwriting that i am subject to for 10 months of the year, your handwriting is NOT Crazy at all.

[beli]

Beli, did you see the handwriting that i am subject to for 10 months of the year, your handwriting is NOT Crazy at all.

yeah, i saw the examples you made. i would make those mofo type that shit j/k
i've gotten complements on my handwritting, but complaints on numbers. i cannot make the letter "G" or the number "8". its horrible lol

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Beli, did you see the handwriting that i am subject to for 10 months of the year, your handwriting is NOT Crazy at all.

It makes you a more well-rounded person. Like my job of listening to doctor bullshit makes me able to understand anything, yours makes you able to read anything. LOL

[Ron_NYC]

Meh, I fucking hate cursive. It was an antiquated means of rewarding kids for something retarded and penalizing/ostracizing others. I had shitty penmanship. So does like, pretty much every non-Asian genius. It was an arbitrary and stupid standard of separating 'good' kids from bad. Having crappy handwriting isn't the same as not speaking English properly or being able to spell. I'm incredibly fast typist.

And it was def. something sexist. It was never as important for boys to have neat cursive as it was for little girls, and if you weren't good at it, you somehow were less female. I mean, I'd get marked down if my s went over the line. That's fucking stupid. Spend that half hour on something actually educational. NO ONE uses cursive after elementary school except elderly people who write illegible greeting cards.

BTW my mom has unreadably bad handwriting too.

I never knew how horrible handwriting could get until I was older. What's with you people?
It's like the way it's harder tOO TyPe LiiKe ThiiS than it is to type normally, being sloppy takes more effort (in my opinion).

I remember once in I think maybe third grade my teacher humiliating me in front of the whole class talking about my shit handwriting. I hope she's dead now and died a slow death with many people sending her get well cards with crappy handwriting. Bitch.

Haha, I used to have to read everything out loud in class cause I did it well. And my handwriting is stellar.

[Ron_NYC]

Wait, people have actual signatures that aren't just sloppy scribble?

I sign my name properly and legibly until I noticed people just get away with chicken scratches.

And if he can, you can.

[beli]

show off

[Ron_NYC]

show off

Not me, this guy.


Only thing he's really good at. I'd take a pic of mine, but bowie will call me an Asian girl.
besides, it's nap time for Ronnie.

[beli]

plus, you will be giving us your real name

[Ron_NYC]

plus, you will be giving us your real name

Knewyawkcity?

[deeply shaded]

I never knew how horrible handwriting could get until I was older. What's with you people?
It's like the was it's harder tOO TyPe LiiKe ThiiS than it is to type normally, being sloppy takes more effort (in my opinion).


Haha, I used to have to read everything out loud in class cause I did it well. And my handwriting is stellar.

I did other things well.

Holy crap, your last name is Reagan?

[TheFavoriteDaughter]

i have a few kids that dont use script, and they print their names to sign my learning contract, OR i have seen a couple that print their name, and connect the letters with lines. i facepalm everytime.

and on the math thing - there was a question on my Anatomy and Physiology final that was simply: how many times a day does the average heart beat a YEAR.
Ok so, the thing is to get the student to recall from their notes, the average heart beats 100,000 a day. so by the time you are a senior, you should know that there is 365 days in a year.... so multiply the two, and you get 36,500,000 times a year. (all you really have to do is count the zeros and add them to the end of 365)

would you BELIEVE i had kids asking to use the calculator on that question during the final, i was like YOU ARE A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, you can count right, you can multiply, right? do it in your head. ugh, i have no patience for no common sense.

I haveb't finished the thread so maybe this has been covered. But this makes no sense to me. Are you asking how many times does the average heart beat in a year? Because the day part is throwing me off.


ETA: Carry on

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[Nancy Drew]

Pucbab?

[deeply shaded]

pucbab?

I know you're just jealous, but it's

FUCKERS

[nerysinci]