Kids Should Be Cursive

In conclusion, cursive does not need to leave it needs to stay. We need it to sigh things for checks or for work. When cursive was used way back in the day people had to learn it or they would not pass. Cursive takes time and takes time from more things to do. It would help them in the long run. Cursive was used to push people to write when they couldn’t do it. And that is way I think cursive should stay in schools today. There for, you should try to learn and keep cursive alive. We are going to need it one day but it might be

Through the years, many people have stated that cursive should not be taught in schools. Reading historical documents, personalization, and brain function involves cursive. Cursive writing definitely has a place in our digital society.

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.

Cursive may not be here forever. Cursive should be taught so that children can sign their signatures on checks. On the other hand cursive should not be taught since people say that it is a waste of time. There are many reasons why cursive should be taught and why is should not be taught. People may be losing a link from the

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!

First of all, yes cursive should be taught in all 50 states, because it’s a skill you need to have as an adult. Without knowing cursive you wouldn’t be able to sign your name or read the constitution. For instance, in the last 10 years there has been an argument against the cursive letter disappearing. Many people blame the “Common Core” which finalized in 2010. Cursive is a standard writing skill that has been taught for many years.

In the 20th century, teaching cursive writing was way more important than it is now less and less kids can’t read letters from their grandparents or other family members but everyone is on their phones and computers to wright these days people video chat all the time and that’s why in my opinion we don’t need cursive.

In the article, “Why We Shouldn’t Write Off Cursive” by Bobby George and June George, talks about cursive. The authors argue how cursive should be taught in school and should be considered more valuable. Right now, 45 states has omitted cursive from the required school curricula. I remember when I studied in a private school at India, we had to learn cursive. It was not an optional, it was a must and we were pretty much was graded on how neat/good you write it. Personally, I think cursive is very neat, elegant, and rich looking and I believe it helps you get a good handwriting too.

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 has been taught for in many schools why stop now. Cursive helps students spell and comprehend more, cursive also help students engaged their brain more, last of all cursive helps students’ work their brain more. In my opinion cursive should be taught in schools today.

Cursive handwriting is a dying skills for most american students. With the onset of technology and the movement in the United States to have all classroom school work completed on a computer, most elementary schools are not longer teaching kids how to write in cursive handwriting. Time that was once spent teaching this skill is now time used to teach students how to correctly type on a computer. Cursive handwriting should be required learning for all students in the United States. Cursive handwriting should be required because studies have shown that when students write in cursive, they become smarter students. Also, the documents of our country are all written in cursive and every citizen of this country should be able to read these documents. Finally, experts say that when students write in cursive, it slows their brain process down which makes them better students.

Think of when our first president signed the declaration of independence, or when Christopher Columbus documented his adventures in cursive so why don’t they teach it in school. Well, in my opinion, I believe that Cursive should be taught today because students can print better when they learn cursive, it is also more efficient than print, and also writing in cursive was one of the most valuable skills taught in school. But it’s not required by law so why do it?

Secondly, only seven states still teach cursive these day can you believe that only seven out of all 50 states teach cursive. For one thing students think its to hard to write it so they just end up quitting. Obviously, they end up never learning there cursive, kids just gave up these days and don’t care about there cursive writing. I am certain that almost all kids don’t want to learn cursive they just give up and start not caring about there signature and

In my own life I’ve been taught just how important cursive writing is. In eighth grade, our class was going over the Bill of Rights and United States Constitution. I was so lost on what was going on because I couldn’t actually read the documents. My own personal experience of dealing with cursive was extremely hard; because, I was never taught how to read or write in cursive. It is imperative to teach young influential children cursive while they can still make a difference. Bringing back cursive could help to make America better than it has been in a long time; because, people would be more aware of the