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Cursive Should Be Taught In Schools

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Do you think cursive should be taught in school? Schools should not teach cursive, instead they should teach kids how to sign their name and then move to another topic. Almost everything is done on computers now and handwriting is dying out. Even when people do use handwriting now most print instead of write cursive. Common core standards which is what most schools use isn't even teaching cursive any more. Most schools use technology over pen and paper now. Even other things like math, social studies, and other classes are taught online. When they aren't taught online most students don't even use cursive anyway. Most people who know how to use cursive don't even use it. Instead they would just send emails and don't send letters with almost all of their important documents online. Furthermore, with the practice typing in schools kids can also prepare for the future. By the time that they graduate there will be a lot more jobs with computers. This means that most of them will likely get jobs with computers as an adult. …show more content…

To most people it doesn't matter if it's cursive or print as long as it's readable. With cursives use on a decline it seems that it won't be taught anymore soon. Most people only use it for their signature and nothing else. It would still be useful to learn how to read cursive so they could read old documents but, learning it wouldn't be as useful. Most schools don't even ask students to write in cursive anyway. By the time the newer generations graduate there will most likely be no to very little use of

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