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Rachel Jeantel, witness at Zimmerman trial, can't read or write in cursive. Is that a big deal? [View all]	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	OP
Most kids don't learn cursive anymore.	BeeBee	Jun 2013	#1
Are most people okay with that? Do you have any feelings either way? I never liked...	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#3
I'm NOT ok with this... That means, notes on medical records, historical letters, and all kinds of	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#7
+1	HiPointDem	Jun 2013	#17
Medical records are barely legible anyway and cursive exacerbates that	CreekDog	Jun 2013	#62
+2	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#26
No -2	MattBaggins	Jun 2013	#126
i haven't used cursive since the 1980's	CreekDog	Jun 2013	#27
I've worked in the field my entire life... Never have I worked with anyone who didn't use/couldn't	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#39
if you have never worked with someone who didn't use cursive	CreekDog	Jun 2013	#58
Hardly... and I don't think anywhere I've worked would hire someone...	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#73
your post said you hadn't worked with anyone that didn't "use" cursive	CreekDog	Jun 2013	#80
"Use" is inclusive of being able to read cursive, is it NOT?	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#82
i was just pointing out that you in the same sentence you referred to "read" and "use" separately	CreekDog	Jun 2013	#89
So you advocate for today's youth to be ignorant of the ability to read any kind of script?	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#91
being able to read script is useful, but most script people will see is poorly written	CreekDog	Jun 2013	#93
Can you read and write old English?	MattBaggins	Jun 2013	#128
Cursive isn't taught in many schools anymore..	Sancho	Jun 2013	#137
I am very much aware of that as is eveyone on this thread who are arguing at the stupidity of doing	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#142
That's one group, and maybe there is a point...but I've tested many children for readiness,	Sancho	Jun 2013	#144
Do you print your name TWICE on documents that ask you to "Sign here" and "Print here"?	WinkyDink	Jun 2013	#43
so you're saying signatures are supposed to be legible and readable as one's legal name?	CreekDog	Jun 2013	#52
Forgive me, but I'm not sure I understand what you're saying.	BeeBee	Jun 2013	#36
Exactly.	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#41
Anyone who is interested in reading those documents	Mariana	Jun 2013	#84
Of course, but to encourage todays' youth to be ignorant of the notes written by parents/grandparent	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#88
Then why don't we revive all dead languages?	joeglow3	Jun 2013	#86
You are implying cursive writing is dead language?	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#87
Ummm, no.	joeglow3	Jun 2013	#110
at least...	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#111
Great logic	joeglow3	Jun 2013	#114
No, let's let our kids be ignorant. Great logic.	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#122
I don't think u know what ignorant means	joeglow3	Jun 2013	#138
Educate YOURSELF	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#143
Cursive is easy to learn	dem in texas	Jun 2013	#135
I agree with the benefit.....20 years ago	joeglow3	Jun 2013	#139
You are correct.	Ednahilda	Jun 2013	#127
I don't feel strongly about it one way or the other.	BeeBee	Jun 2013	#30
I agree about the utility of printing. It's the lack of being able to read and write in...	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#38
I learned how to read and write cursive	Pab Sungenis	Jun 2013	#63
hmmm-- although I could likely read it, I haven't written cursive script...	mike_c	Jun 2013	#2
I learned it as a kid but I've pretty much abandoned it in my writing,	PoliticAverse	Jun 2013	#11
You must sign your name to things. No?	dkf	Jun 2013	#32
yes-- an illegible cursive scrawl that's unreadable but idiosyncratic....	mike_c	Jun 2013	#40
Lol! My signature has gotten worse too.	dkf	Jun 2013	#46
Like Jack Loo???	madinmaryland	Jun 2013	#85
I wonder if he always makes the same number of loopies. Haha.	dkf	Jun 2013	#102
"Handwriting nears end of line as US schools stop teaching it"	PoliticAverse	Jun 2013	#4
Funny, how I was expected to learn both to write in cursive AND to touch type...	hlthe2b	Jun 2013	#12
I agree.	HappyMe	Jun 2013	#49
You, too?!	Ednahilda	Jun 2013	#130
I cant believe this!	bunnies	Jun 2013	#61
It's the future	IADEMO2004	Jun 2013	#5
When I was in first grade, I came down with measles during the time when	HardTimes99	Jun 2013	#6
When I was a child, I was punished by a vindictive teacher who refused to teach me cursive because..	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#18
I must have had that same vindictive teacher in the 80's	davidpdx	Jun 2013	#123
My cousin's kids can't read or write cursive	WolverineDG	Jun 2013	#8
I find it	pipi_k	Jun 2013	#9
It's no big deal to me.	kentauros	Jun 2013	#20
My own printing	pipi_k	Jun 2013	#141
For me, whether writing by print or when it was cursive,	kentauros	Jun 2013	#145
I read an article	ellie	Jun 2013	#10
BINGO...	Democracyinkind	Jun 2013	#54
My OP wasn't meant as any slight to her. The unwritten assumption was that she was a product of...	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#65
Oh, I agree	ellie	Jun 2013	#69
Yes, I didn't read your thread that way.	Democracyinkind	Jun 2013	#72
We're all good! I just wanted to make that clear because so many people read DU, it's..	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#75
Sounds like	WovenGems	Jun 2013	#13
It's disturbing from an educational perspective; however, it's irrelevant to	kestrel91316	Jun 2013	#14
i don't think it's disturbing	CreekDog	Jun 2013	#31
It is totally relevant.	former9thward	Jun 2013	#68
Exactly. How could anyone think otherwise?	AnotherMcIntosh	Jun 2013	#94
That's what I thought too.	NaturalHigh	Jun 2013	#119
Yet another thing I'm very good at becomes obsolete!	REP	Jun 2013	#15
One of my career incarnations was as a 35mm film projectionist. I know what you mean...	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#33
sigh. The death of film.	bunnies	Jun 2013	#71
Well, I don't like it and I feel like an old curmudgeon for saying so (nt)	Nye Bevan	Jun 2013	#16
I hear ya. Just...things like The Constitution are written in cursive. While I'm sure...	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#24
its not tested	sad-cafe	Jun 2013	#19
I think it's sad. Bad handwriting is one thing, but not being able to read cursive is a real loss,	pnwmom	Jun 2013	#21
There is a loss here	Maeve	Jun 2013	#22
Totally agree	theHandpuppet	Jun 2013	#105
Yeah, I was just going to chime in about my experience with German.	JVS	Jun 2013	#121
Fascinating! Thank you	Maeve	Jun 2013	#132
This message was self-deleted by its author	seaglass	Jun 2013	#23
So what do their signatures look like?	dkf	Jun 2013	#29
This message was self-deleted by its author	seaglass	Jun 2013	#57
If it is, then doctors shouldn't be witnesses either.	u4ic	Jun 2013	#25
It's not that she couldn't read cursive, it's that she couldn't read. no?	Jesus Malverde	Jun 2013	#28
See, I was under the same impression you were but I think it was JUST cursive.	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#44
I'm confused	Jesus Malverde	Jun 2013	#55
If you can find an article that describes her as genuinely illerate, post a link.	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#60
It was the cursive she could not read.	HappyMe	Jun 2013	#53
Then who is composing her tweets?	apples and oranges	Jun 2013	#56
The biggest shocker was that she was unable to read a letter she had supposedly written.	JVS	Jun 2013	#120
that is less common than you think	arely staircase	Jun 2013	#34
You don't need cursive to fill in the boxes on a test	Downwinder	Jun 2013	#35
In this computer age, I don't think it matters. My cursive is almost illegible now because	fried eggs	Jun 2013	#37
More's the pity.	WinkyDink	Jun 2013	#45
I both read and write in cursive	LibertyLover	Jun 2013	#42
My kids grew up in Ireland and were never taught cursive writing...	nenagh	Jun 2013	#47
"How can you write a decent love letter if you don't do it in cursive?"	Matariki	Jun 2013	#48
LOL! I'm 40. A little extra help in the lassoing department never hurts!	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#67
Many school districts are phasing out cursive, which poses a problem to sight readers	apples and oranges	Jun 2013	#50
I think it is sad	UFLResearcher	Jun 2013	#51
I can't even remember how to write all the capital letters in cursive.	X_Digger	Jun 2013	#59
My son's a leftie. I was thinking about the smudge factor today after I quizzed him.	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#76
Her mother speaks French Creole	Generic Other	Jun 2013	#64
Does she speak French Creole? Is that her native language?	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#92
I learned to use cursive in first grade.	bunnies	Jun 2013	#66
some people miss manual typewriters too	CreekDog	Jun 2013	#101
Yeah.	bunnies	Jun 2013	#104
The only thing it is is an indictment of "No Child Left Behind" and "Race to the Bottom" ...	Myrina	Jun 2013	#70
How does one sign their name without cursive	Politicalboi	Jun 2013	#74
if that's the only use for cursive you can come up with	CreekDog	Jun 2013	#100
I can write in Gregg Shorthand	HockeyMom	Jun 2013	#77
Rachael WRITES in cursive.	grok	Jun 2013	#78
According to the article, she had to admit in open court that she did not write the letter.	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#81
hmm. i blew it.	grok	Jun 2013	#95
I thought there was an 'education' movement going on to stop teaching	sinkingfeeling	Jun 2013	#79
My dad is upset that I didn't learn Morse Code.	tridim	Jun 2013	#83
I had to learn Morse for my HAM radio operator's test years ago. Out of curiosity...	Poll_Blind	Jun 2013	#90
I appreciate that our language is based on Latin roots..	tridim	Jun 2013	#99
hell, i can't read some of that cursive writing out there	shireen	Jun 2013	#96
I just read that English is not her primary language.	Lugnut	Jun 2013	#97
Its still a language that uses latin script	Travis_0004	Jun 2013	#109
I'm 57. I can't write readable cursive. I can barely print.	TrogL	Jun 2013	#98
What about signing your voting ballot?	freeplessinseattle	Jun 2013	#103
I can't remember seeing any cursive at work in the past 10 years....	cbdo2007	Jun 2013	#106
Other reasons to learn Cursive	bhcodem	Jun 2013	#107
Can we speak Kreyol or creolized Spanish? She can.	flamingdem	Jun 2013	#108
Do you know when handwriting might come in handy?	Soundman	Jun 2013	#112
CBS News: Is Cursive Writing Dead ?	PoliticAverse	Jun 2013	#113
We don't write with sharpened feathers or fountain pens anymore	Nevernose	Jun 2013	#115
I learned it at an early age.	nyquil_man	Jun 2013	#116
G'bye Cursive, and Good Riddance (and take the remnants of the Dewey Decimal System with you)	Captain Stern	Jun 2013	#117
What is relevant is that she did not write the letter as she claimed.	NaturalHigh	Jun 2013	#118
I think it is an important thing to ask your child	davidpdx	Jun 2013	#124
no.	spanone	Jun 2013	#125
Did she EVER say that she, herself, wrote the letter?	HiddenAgenda63	Jun 2013	#129
She also speaks three languages. Is that a big deal?	baldguy	Jun 2013	#131
I think it's more the lack of writing skill period	Lurker Deluxe	Jun 2013	#133
The issue was that she had alleged that she wrote the letter	marshall	Jun 2013	#134
Zimmerman chased down, shot, and killed...	Iggo	Jun 2013	#136
In respect of the case it is no big deal - or should not be	intaglio	Jun 2013	#140

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