settle a score - Page 3

[lauren]

In our schools it is taught in 3rd and 4th grade but it is not emphasized at all and no one seems to think it is important. When I bring it up at Parent Teacher conferences the teachers always say they just dont' have enough time to teach it and keep kids 'interested' in it. By high school, kids don't seem to use it much at all.

I think this is a shame. I don't want to see it die.

[zoebird]

here, some schools do and some schools don't.

[annamama]

We're in the UK. My 4 yr old DS is in 'reception' at school (the year before Year 1 - if that makes sense).
They are learning to write - in cursive.

[Thalia the Muse]

It amazes me that the KIDS drop the cursive -- once you know it, it's so much faster than printing!

[aniT]

Originally Posted by Thalia the Muse

It amazes me that the KIDS drop the cursive -- once you know it, it's so much faster than printing!

I hate cursive.. I have always hated cursive. I don't' think it's any faster either.. and it strains my eyes to try to read it. MIL's stuff gets tossed it's such a PITA to read. Besides.. thats what computers are for.

[peaceful_mama]

They do. I can't imagine why else the nametags on the desks in the 5th grade room I was in were in cursive.....