HOLD THE PHONE They don't teach cursive in school anymore? Is this true? My 10 year old niece and 7…

They don't here. It sucks.

We plan on teaching Aliyn at home.

Won't be long and everything will be done on tablets or laptops and they won't teach writing.

Hoping not but it seems to be how it is all going here.

They don't here in Ontario. What's even sadder is that spelling isn't in the curriculum either.

Really? Now I'm wondering what their signatures will be like.

I know! Crazy right??

They're not required too here, but my son's teacher still gives him cursive sheets for extra credit, which I like!

They do at my dd's school she learned in 2nd and 3rd grade

Its considered unneeded. The thing is it is still needed. No one will be able to sign or read documents in the future.

I know a lot of parents are teaching it outside of the school system.

It's so strange. I understand progress and hand written letters are a thing of the past, but like pp said, what about their signature? Surely they need to know how to sign their names? And, no spelling? That's screwed up. I've done spelling quizzes with my niece, so I know that's still taught here.

They still teach it here (northern Minnesota)

It's up to the school district in NY. So currently the district I was raised in removed it from the curriculum. But it IS taught in the district that we live in.1

As far as I know they don't teach how to write in cursive here in Nevada. My son will be in 4th grade next year and I've never seen any homework that asks to do cursive.

I honestly do not remember any cursive that I was taught!!! And to all the ladies mentioning signing your name, a signature is defined as writing ones name in a distinctive way. So you don't have to know cursive to have a signature! To be perfectly honest, my signature doesn't even look like letters at all! Just lines! Lol

cali dont teach them either my lil cousin was like what u mean i said let me see ur signature and she looked at me dumb founded i said its ur name in cursive and she was like idk how to write cursive and shes in the 5th grade

Signing your name is cursive... That's why some papers say "please print name here".

Jifners I'm in Las Vegas and I don't think they do anymore either. My nephew never has to do anything in cursive. He doesn't even know how to write in cursive.

I just find it sad. I understand that "technically" your signature can be a smiley face with a bird next to it if that's what you want, but there's something to be said for cursive writing. It has changed so much as it is-my grandfathers penmanship was a work of art compared to mine-I shudder to think how my children's will compare if I don't take the time to teach them. And, like I said, I know I'm old. The Internet didn't even exist when I was in school, but at some point we need to realize that progress doesn't necessarily exclude continuing to utilize portions of the past.

I just heard this. I can't even believe they don't teach it. Does anyone know the reason?!?

People use cursive?

The today show just reviewed a study from Princeton that indicates that handwriting is actually good for your brain!

My 16 year old learned cursive but my others have not one is in sixth grade and other two are in second and first grade. But they are teaching them computer coding.

My 3rd grader is learning cursive this year. We live in NW Minnesota

Third grader is learning cursive now in alaska

I learned typing and cursive though. Why not teach kids both? I understand that a signature doesn't have to be cursive, my signature looks nothing like cursive. But the basis of learning your signature is to learn it in cursive, I would assume, regardless of what it evolves into in adulthood.

In Georgia they stopped teaching it when I was in like 6th grade ... I'm almost 20 lol

Last year when my high school students were doing standardized testing, they had to copy down a statement in cursive. It took them fooooorrrreeevvvveeeerrrr. Seriously. Like 10 minutes to write two sentences. I had kids asking me how to write certain letters. They didn't have a signature either. They only knew how to print their name.

The statement wasn't a scored part of the test, they had to copy it as an acknowledgement of understanding the rules of the test. They are taught in elementary school but stop using it and forget.

I'm in the UK. They used to teach cursive in yr one but now they are teaching it in reception (it's the first time in my son's school they have done it this way). It annoys me as my son used to write very clearly and now sometimes I find it hard to read where his letters are cursive but not yet joined up. In the long run I know it will be a good thing tho.

They no longer teach it here in SC.

Mine and my husband's penmanship sucks because of it.

I don't think they teach it here either, at least my daughter hasn't yet and she's in gr.4. However, she picked it up herself and writes in cursive all the time.

She has learning issues and using cursive instead of block letters actually makes it easier for her to write.

It's dumb. When I taught I had to write the cursive alphabet on the board when they did standardized testing so they could sign their names....this was high school. ?

Nope. Teachers always used to say you are going to need this growing up but i never used it but for my signature.

They should still teach it tho

@CeNedra, they taught cursive to my son and I think you and I live in Brisbane?

My 12.5 year old son only writes using cursive.

I only write in cursive. Not only is it more pleasing to they eye, it is a lot faster to write.

i wasnt taught cursive and i was born in 97 lol

Nope, not here either! There are going to be a lot of janky signatures in the future...

No they dont teach it anymore. Im 21 and was taught cursive in school, however my 18 year old cousin that we have custody of was not taught cursive. We recently had to sit him down and teach him how to sign his name in cursive because if he prints it some places do not look at that as a signature.

I don't see the point and I never have. When do we ever really use it except for a signature? Even then those are mostly scribbles

Nope.. My children shall never become doctors or write a check! ?

Public schools here don't teach it anymore, private schools still do. It's so weird to me though because after like 4th grade all hand written papers were required to be in cursive when I was a kid.

HOLD THE PICKLES HOLD THE LETTUCE!!!

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But sketching a math problem is relevant?!

My kids learned cursive in school. My son is currently learning it!

They do not teach cursive at my daughters school.. I am teaching her myself

It's true. My step sisters oldest graduated last June and didn't learn. My daughter had a teacher get snippy over her use of at the time 2nd grade quality cursive.

My daughter brought home a paper full of her name in cursive it looked great, better than her print! She's 7

My 5th Graders are currently learning it in at least one of my classes. I haven't seen it in any other grades though.

Yep I'm in Brisbane MsGLM. It's been years since the kids were at school and now mates kids are starting and not learning it.

Just that vile printing with the little swirl at the top in places. Like some hybrid, mix of running writing and printing ? Yuk

I'm in perth australia and 8yr old is learning it this year ?

At least it's not the just the good ole us of a hats stopping it. Makes me feel a bit better. Still think it's crap though. I always write cards and special notes in cursive. And my husband writes all his love notes to me in cursive. I love that.

As a teacher, I think it's a far more relevant, practical and useful skill to teach touch-typing. Students rarely hand in written docs anymore, if at all, whereas speed ruling will save them tons of time. I got taught touch typing at school but that isn't taught anymore either.

That was going to be my next throwback OP?

School is definitely not the same. TouchTyping, cursive hand writing, encyclopedias, science projects...even the food is different smh. Ive just been teaching her myself. We'll see next year though because cursive handwriting was taught to us in the 3rd grade

Glad I learned it?

How are they going to read historical documents? This is so sad guess I'll be teaching it to my children on my own

Yup many schools don't consider it necessary in the technology age. I totally agree with pp. how are they going to read historic documents?

My kids' school teaches it because the teachers believe it is important. It isn't required. Something DOES have to give. More requirements keep getting added, but the day isn't getting any longer. Hit up your legislators.

I teach third grade and I teach my students cursive. It's not a part of our curriculum anymore, but I feel it is still a necessary skill. I am lucky enough to work for a principal who allows us to still teach it even though we aren't required too anymore.

Well said @ismile- the curriculum has become so crowded it's a joke! We now teach cyber safety, anti-bullying, the list goes on and on

I'm serious. Why does my daughter need to learn how to convert 53 into five rows of squares and three individual squares. Whhyy.

I can't imagine not using cursive. I hate to print. All of my writing is in cursive. When I'm asked to print on forms it's sort of a mix of printing and cursive because I simply cannot print very well.

Yes it true ? I love cursive

They don't teach anything in school anymore

This is interesting in the uk it is considered a necessary skill and earns points on standard tests. As a teacher I believe a good fliwing cursive script aids writing so much. The children confident in cursive write a lot more than those who print because it's faster. There is also research to show that their writing content is better because they can get their ideas down quickly and don't forget them unlike those who write more slowly who then use more mundane vocabulary and grammatical structure.

My stepson is going into third grade and they are practicing cursive in his class. He had to practice writing his spelling words in cursive. His school is advanced. They think kids should be reading in kindergarten(not joking). I'm pretty sure they just practice for fun this year but as he moves up they will teach him more.

Eta: I'm in the U.S.

I was never taught at school. I just picked it up from watching my dad. It's sad I'm almost 21 and it wasn't taught to me.?I love the look of it but you never see it

It's still taught in most UK schools. There's a lot of research into how it helps spelling and writing flow.

It is pretty unnecessary now. I told my dd I'd teach her if she wanted to learn but it's kinda useless now.

I also like the changes in the way math is taught because it makes it easier to understand more advanced maths later on.

It's sad that they consider it useless. The conspiracy theorists in me says its a way for the government to control the next generation. ?

I taught my 10 year old the sink or swim way. I would print a sentence then write it in cursive and make him copy the cursive while speaking the sentence. He picked it up in a few weeks.

I know, I'm baffled by this. Not only can they not write it, but I know so many that have a hard time reading cursive. How can you have a legal signature if it's printed?

At our school it's teachers choice if they teach it. I think it's sad because the kids absolutely love it, but I Understand when teachers are under the pressure to meet benchmark requirements. I'll definitely be teaching my children. I'll just have to practice my capital letters, those are hard!

They stop doing it yrs ago , when my girl were in elementary, I was upset , and the school told me because technology is taking over and soon most schools will use computer instead of paper and there is no need to write in cursive, so I thought then at home, Ima bit old school, and he'll I still think one day all the " technology" is going to crash and we'll will need paper and pen again lol lol , I think it's dumb nectar no matter what you will have to sign something one day lol

I'll be teaching mine, too. I firmly believe it's possible to advance technologically without completely discarding useful tools from the past.

They were teaching my son and he's 10 a year or two back in California