Baraka_Guru

Do you want to know what I'm more concerned about than cursive writing skills? Reading comprehension and written communication.

I've seen the samples of writing from my SO's grade 7 and 8 students. It looked like it was about on par with what I thought should be grade 4. *shudder* And much of it sounded like it was parroted (or outright plagarized) from some anime-style video game or maybe a television show. *double shudder*

If you're going to replace cursive writing instruction, replace it with reading and composition development. Please.

I always want to yell at these people: "Dude, you're only using 20% of your finger capacity! And that's not to mention the possibilities of mental keyboard mapping!"

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