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Originally Posted by The Flash
Don't know what your husband is reading or where you get these facts, but in Florida, cursive writing is one of our State Standards. Students are introduced to cursive in second grade and instructed in cursive beginning in the third grade. However, with the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, more emphasis is being placed on keyboarding.
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That's good to know and Florida should be commended.
So, nowadays, present time........Florida is teaching cursive?
We always had penmanship and learned to write in cursive.
However, the kids up here do not .........
He heard it on the news........I'll find out....and post tomorrow, or sooner.
http://www.wtvy.com/home/headlines/4...162129365.html
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/J...ericas-Youth-/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/end-cursive/story?id=12749517
http://tribstar.com/news/x1435410216...s-to-be-taught
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_915402.html
http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/1...levant279.html
He heard the discussion re the grandfather giving the girl a personal letter written in cursive........and she could NOT read it to her parents as she had never been taught to WRITE IN CURSIVE. A TEENAGER.
He heard it on his satellite radio in the car...............also, there are dozens of hyperlinks from various states all over the country.............but you get the idea............cursive is not taught in many schools......
They all PRINT in little block letters..........even in high school .
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/jan/...it-means-when/
Above link is interesting as we were saying "How can the children read the Declaration of Independence" or any of the old manuscripts in Washington, D.C................or myself, doing genealogy, with many of the U.S. records all written in CURSIVE........not printed. If one is not taught cursive, how can one read the OLD RECORDS???????????? From all the links above, I've gathered that modern educators think cursive is archaic; keyboarding is "in".