A recent story in NYT about the decline of cursive instruction in schools included this local bit: the principal of Van Schaick Elementary School in Cohoes says the school is debating whether to cut cursive writing from the curriculum there. (It's not like those kids are going to need it after they have the chip implanted in their brain.) [Thanks, Laura!]
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The article doesnt make sense. Just because I didnt *learn* cursive handwriting doesnt mean I am going to sign in block letters. In fact, we would have far different handwritings if we *didnt* learn handwriting than if we did.
... said sst on May 2, 2011 at 4:02 PM | link
This is great. This means that all us over 30 folk will have to do to keep secrets from our teenage children is write them on paper in plain sight. That's going to be real handy!
... said James on May 2, 2011 at 8:19 PM | link