Cursive Should Be Taught In Elementary Schools

Frist of all, cursive should stay in schools. Students can master it just by working on any form of writing for

Writing in cursive can also improve your brain function. In school, writing in cursive helps

As pointed out by Penny Joy a curriculum coordinator of Plymouth Canton Community Schools, she quotes that “ normally she receives a lot more calls daily with parents asking her why her school continues to teach cursive than calls requiring that more time be devoted to teaching cursive writing”. She continues to say that “she sees no reason to continue teaching cursive in her school since they don’t have time for it”. They would rather allocate that time and resources to other industrious subjects and projects.

Some people believe that it that cursive is a waste of time and should not be taught. Not all people think that cursive is not used and does not need to be used, but some do. Technology is taking the place of cursive handwriting, with typing. Typing is very easy and legible. Some people assume that e-mailing and text is easier than cursive writing. Most people that mix cursive and regular hand writing tend to write faster. Cursive is not used very much and people may be losing a link from their past.

Did you know cursive takes away core subjects like Math and Reading? Well, it does and that’s bad because that means you could make you less smart. In my opinion, cursive writing should not be taught today. First, it takes too much time. Second, it’s frustrating for parents. Lastly, you can gain a life skill because cursive might be easy for you when you grow up.

Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you didn't have cursive, at ALL? Cursive should still be taught in school. Cursive can help you with your reading and writing skills. In fact, it can also help you read cursive. Mainly, if you can't write in cursive, you can't fill out documents and bills when you get older. I hope after you read my paper you will want to keep cursive too!

In conclusion I believe that we don’t need cursive in schools. First of all kids are more impressed with technology to spend the time and neatness on cursive. The 20th century skill is not needed in these 21st century skilled classroom, but in these classrooms we just need normal handwriting also if u want your kids to learn cursive u spend your time on it teachers have to teach them normal handwriting enough. Therefore I think that we should not teach cursive in schools and I want you to wright your best without

The article’s, “Is It Time for Cursive to Die?”, written by Lauren Tarshis, and “Why I Keep My Letters”, written by Nina Sankovitch, both agree with different sides when it comes to us humans keeping cursive or not. Despite both articles giving good evidence to support their claim, I have come to the conclusion that the form of writing cursive should be preserved, not forgotten. One reason they cursive should not be forgotten is because of the history that comes from it. For instance, the article states, “Thomas Jefferson penned one of our country’s most famous documents, the Declaration of Independence, in glorious cursive” (Tarshis 19). This piece of evidence shows how some of the most important events in history used cursive, showing how

Some take the side that we need to continue to teach cursive. These people have even come up with some quite compelling augments. Including the claim that cursive helps simulate and develop the brain. Plus, the fact that without it students will not be able to read historical documents. If they can't do this then some of wonderful past will get lost. Some even go as far as saying that the students that wrote their S.A.T. essays in cursive received a higher score on them than those who wrote them in print. Now at first glance, these arguments might seem pretty great, right?

Cursive back in the day was one of the most important things kids had to learn but now 41 states no longer require students to learn cursive. With technology pervasive in society and fewer documents that need a cursive signature, some educators say there is no need to bother kids with the time-consuming lessons on cursive. Thanks to technology and a growing reliance on computers to complete school assignments, handwriting skills are no longer stressed as much as they once were. In fact, some children never receive cursive writing instruction. Cursive writing stimulates the brain. "Cursive writing helps train the brain to integrate visual and tactile information, and fine motor dexterity," Dr. William Klemm said in an article in Psychology Today. The skills developed from learning cursive writing cannot be replaced by using a keyboard. In addition, MRIs have revealed an interesting relationship between handwriting and the brain. The brains of people with good handwriting are more active in areas associated with cognition, language and executive function than the brains of those with poor handwriting.

We need to keep teaching cursive in school. Cursive is far better than printing in various ways. When compared to regular printing, cursive outbeats it in every way. Classic handwriting is professional, efficient, and beneficial to the brain.

The arguments presented are provided with informative information. Both auther's points of views are very beneficial to students. However, even in today's technological world, taking cursive out of the educational system is something to be profoundly flawed.

2. Cursive has been a reliable way of writing for ages, and initially should not be tampered with, "If it's not broken, don't fix it". However, it would be ignorant to not acknowledge the fact that where we stand with technology today, only begins to open up the possibilities for the future. It is vitial for us to not only know that change is coming, but to also have an understanding on to how to use the electronics that surround us today. Especially in our growing world. Given most Americans already have a fair knowledge as to how most electronics work (thanks to our

Cursive makes you smarter! College applicants who still use cursive are faring better on the SAT essays. A study by College Board selected 6,498 essays at random. Only 15% of the essays were written in cursive; despite the low number, the cursive essays fared slightly higher than those who printed (85%). Cursive helps your brain so much that scientists suggest that writing in cursive can help train self-control.

How ever ther there are those who believe that cursive is useless. Acording to a survey only 37% of handwriting teachers at a conference wrote in cursive. The thought is that is if teachers dont care about cursive why should we.