Learning Cursive In Elementary School

Do you think cursive writing is necessary? Many people call cursive as longhand, handwriting, or joint writing. People have been known cursive writing for long time, and some are still using it. Although, National Governor's Association and the Council of Chief of State School Officials made Common Core standard in cursive, but cursive is no longer relevant in the modern world. And cursive course in elementary schools are recommendation, not a requirement. In schools, most of teachers are encourages

Cursive, a paramount form of handwriting, has been getting washed out by countless school systems. However, many recent studies well as numerous doctors, with degrees held in both philosophy and medicine, scholars, professors, authors, college students, physiologists, researchers, and numerous other credible professionals that have dedicated their live’s work to prove that cursive needs to be brought back to the masses and taught in elementary schools around in country. My first argument for

The Endangered Language of Cursive Cursive is a written language that seems to slowly be fading from society. Cursive is still very important in today’s society, and therefore should still be taught to children in elementary school. Even though it may seem that cursive is not important in our technological world today, you may be surprised. Cursive is crucial in learning one’s signature. Children should be able to read cursive because generations before them still use it daily and many historical

writing. The creative and traditional cursive writing just baffles their minds. If schools in America are not careful, cursive writing is going to become obsolete. It will just become a secret code for older generations, and kids will not be able to write in cursive, learn from the process of cursive writing, or read cursive writing. Clearly, cursive writing should still be taught in elementary schools. To start, students need to be able to write in cursive. Most people, whether it be professors

technology in it’s prime, the need for anything ‘manual’ has decreased significantly. Often left out in the cold, the teaching of handwriting and cursive writing in school systems has become almost a figment of our imagination with everything from letters to emails and faxes to mail delivery. The question that is being asked now, is, why are there still some school systems that persist on keeping the form of calligraphy alive and well in their curriculum, when technology will inevitably keep evolving? Writing

W.G. Pearson Elementary School, they took out cursive writing. So the teacher found a way to incorporate writing in cursive. When I heard that I was thinking, how is that child able to sign the paper, understand the doctor handwriting, or even sign packages. Most places do not accept writing their names in print. Now looking back, I am grateful for learning how to write in cursive. Even thought cursive handwriting is hard, it is a different language. I am very appreciated for learning how to write

Cursive handwriting and it's relevance in today's grade-school curriculum is not a fresh debate, however with the recent detraction from many schools it begs the question: Is cursive handwriting essential to children's education? Cursive is being sacrificed, as of late, for typing skills in most state school's curriculum. Long thought to provide students with ease in handwritten assignments and note taking, as well as comprehension skills; cursive handwriting is being seen more irrelevant by educators

War on Cursive Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid revolutionary and former President of South Africa says, “Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world” (Mandela Web). Since the dawn of man, weapons have been used to correct unwanted circumstances. Education and intellect are radical weapons of advancement that use peaceful means to usher in a change in circumstances. Being the basis of intellect and the most powerful tool of change humans hold, education must continually

The use of cursive is rapidly declining mostly because the younger generation cannot read it! It is crucial for cursive to be taught in public elementary schools because it makes you smarter, increases brain health and function, and is faster than print or script handwriting. 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

Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Taught more than thirty decades ago, cursive writing has a famed and legendary past. It was once a vital element of American education but is now becoming an archaic artefact as technology advancement and the requirement of more regulated tests push it out of the education system. Cursive writing should be scrapped out of the education system for there is no need of wasting time and resources to continue teaching a skill that won’t be beneficial