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    attract customers to a place of business. Customers at a place of business equates to more money. Without Palmer there would have been no Marshall Field & Company. When it comes to Chicago 's retail scene, there are not that many businesses that have made a greater impact on the city than Marshall Field 's. Before there was a Marshall Field 's store, there was a dry goods store owned by Palmer. “Palmer imported high-quality merchandise from Europe and the Orient, taught clerks to remember customers ' names

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    day to day life but everyone has at least one. I consider it my home it’s where my heart is it is where I can fully relax and become the true Melissa. It brings me peace and tranquility like nothing else in my life can. My secret place and home is Palmer, Alaska. Nothing brings me more joy in my life when I look out the airplane window as the plane flies over the Yukon Mountain ranges. At this part knowing that I am getting closer by the second. When I finally look out the window, and see Anchorage

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    As the two positions posed above have stated, it is a matter of grave importance that school and its systems should contemplate the importance of cursive handwriting and whether it should remain or be forsaken as some method of unwarranted use. Whereas both sides have their own opinions, one must consult each and formulate his or her own thought on the matter. For example, though cursive handwriting may be found to be lacking use in today's technologically-fueled society, the benefits of cursive

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    socialists in fear that they would change society the way that it had been. Because they were so scared, many Americans decided to take harsh measures and single out all of the people that belonged to any of these beliefs. A certain man, A. Mitchell Palmer, decided to go to the extreme and arrest

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    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

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    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. With the idea that cursive writing exercises the left and the right hemosphere of the brain, this is something that should be imparitive for school childred. Especially since the brain doesn't stop developing until age 25. If there are

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    Essay On Cursive Writing

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    As of 2010 cursive writing is not required to graduate high school. It's a shame, not only is it good for the brain but it is a lost art. Cursive writing is an essential skill and not for what people might guess. It has been shown in studies that writing by hand helps people remember ideas better and also to learn more than typing on a computer. It has been shown that writing things down by hand helps you to process the material better. It also requirs you to summarize what you are to write down

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    What Is Cursive Writing?

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    In the questions of schools allowing and/or using the structure of cursive writing or not using the structure of cursive writing is something that can effect every individual differently. In my opinion, i think schools and everywhere else needed, that cursive writing should be used because as the article states, writing by hand helps individuals remember ideas more efficiant then typing and it makes you actually think and summarize ideas, not just simply recording them. Writing things by hand

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    Invented by Austin Palmer in 1888, the method was praised for simplicity and plainness, focusing on the proximal muscles of the arm rather than the fingers, it allowed students and teachers to write at a more consistant speed that was said to be able to compete with the typewriter

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    Do you know anybody who can’t write in cursive or simply just sign their name when signing a document? There are many people who can’t a majority of them teens and kids. There are many benefits of learning to write in cursive. You can read old documents, which are written in cursive without any difficulties. When you write in cursive it’s also difficult for someone to try and forge your writing and signature. People may argue that schools don’t need to teach cursive and that kids should be learning

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