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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 01:39 PM Original message |
Handwriting Is History |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't like cursive. It's too "busy" in appearance and that makes it hard to read... |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I was never taught cursive and can't read it either |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. All you need cursive for nowadays is a signature |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Cursive writing was another one of those things that made me hate school. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. My handwritting is HORRIBLE because of my autistic Dyspraxia. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wish we would put off teaching kids more hi-tech stuff. |
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Grey (933 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thank you for this, |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Who's teaching cursive? |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Wow, really? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Since 1983, |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. All the schools in Tennessee teach it by third grade. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. There are always regional differences; |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. and when taking notes, it's easier to remember things that you wrote down |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Re cursive |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Mine certainly is. |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Writing in cursive will be like caligraphy in a decade |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. I've had a new appreciation for handwriting since starting as a clerk for the census |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. anytime i write more than three sentences anymore, my wrist really starts to hurt. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. I write in my journal in cursive |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I really hate to see cursive writing go |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. Seeing and talking must be taught also. |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was thrilled to finally learn cursive.... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. We stopped teaching it about 5 years ago |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I still remember the Palmer method.. the blotters & those delightful inkwells |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I went to Catholic school and they made us use fountain pens |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Yep--a real blast from the past |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. I hated those |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. When I was in school, ballpoints were not in use at all |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Wow, that was WAY before my time. I don't even know how to use a fountain pen! |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
61. Ah, yes, the Palmer Penmanship lessons; |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. k&R - |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. Darn and I just got it down, too. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. My mother never learned to print |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. Why squander a skill that comes down to us from the ancients? |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Ola Army war story... |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. Well, I'll never give it up. |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. I hope handwriting never dies. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The columnist completely ignores the process, which you invoked beautifully |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. That makes cursive sort of like baking your own bread |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. ...yeah. Just like that! |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. yes... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
58. It's very cultural too. Many times you can almost tell where and when |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. and preservation of culture will depend on it |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. That's a very pretentious thing to say, OM. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. It's a fact. It's a part of culture that will be preserved. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Meh, writing is writing to me. |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Well, certainly that depends |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I was taught Zaner-Bloser in 3rd Grade |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
30. writing as an art form.. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
33. It's too bad. I love cursive. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
41. So is spelling and grammar, with math and science losing ground. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. You are comparing an obsolete method of handwritting to Grammar, Math and Science? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. In terms of no longer being taught, yes. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
42. Not for me, I was taught by the nuns |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
60. Here's a site you will enjoy.. I buy pens from them all the time |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. gracias!!!! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
43. For me, handwriting is like Art |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. Indeed. As it should be, I think. |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
45. Not teaching handwriting because keyboards exist |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. What's wrong with plain manuscript ("Prtining") writting? |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
68. There's nothing "wrong" with it. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
65. +1 |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
49. I love remembering that my mother's style of handwriting was "Palmer method" |
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The Midway Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
57. There is nothing like the tactile experience of a thoughtful hand written letter. |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
62. "Writing is not like seeing or talking, which are innate" |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I think the author was speaking in the macro sense |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
66. If I handwrite, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. There is room for both, and when cursive should be taught |
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