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Cursive writing to be reintroduced in Ontario schools this fall (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.

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[–] 17 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I just don't see the point? I had to learn cursive in elementary and haven't used it at all since then. There has to be more valuable things these kids could be learning.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    It can be useful to learn for the purpose of knowing how to read it. There's still a large population of cursive writers about. I doubt cursive usage will grow anymore, even teaching it, as everything is computer based these days.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Seriously? Even doctors don't write scripts anymore, its all electronic, and far fewer errors are made because of that.

    Cursive is an art, and there is nothing wrong with but it has no practical purpose in today's world.

    Learning to read and write(printing and typing) are valuable skills but specifically learning cursive is not.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    It can also be nice to learn as an art form! But in the same way I wouldn't expect mandatory calligraphy lessons - even though that seems like the more logical thing to introduce if we're talking about developing fine skills and learning how to read or write cursive - I don't really see the point of mandatory cursive lessons.

    The option seems reasonable to have as an option. But kids are already so overworked in school, with homework and tests having increased exponentially over the last two decades, that getting to remove one thing off of their curriculum seemed like they were finally getting a break.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    I learned cursive but never practiced beyond 5th grade so it never developed...

    Instead in high school and university when I was doing a lot of handwritten notes I ended up creating my own version of cursive which is just visually schwa'ing some letters. My writing and typing has always been a mess so it doesn't matter much.

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