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Originally Posted by KillerK
You probably were never asked to do 2x + 10 = 20 in your job either.
It's more then just the writing.
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Maybe not that exact equation, but I have used math in many of my jobs.
What I am saying is that I don't see the use in teaching kids how to write one way, then teaching then how to write a second way especially when they will likely rarely use that second way unless they choose to write cursive in their daily life.
My mom writes cursive for everything she does and it is so sloppy I can't read half of what she writes. When she prints, I can read it.
Sure, others have better penmanship and I understand that teaching cursive helps to teach concentration etc, I just think there are better ways to spend that time.
Back in the days when we wrote everything out by hand it might have been more relevant, but it just isn't today. Hell, just spend that time teaching them how to write in general. So many kids these days seem to be semi-literate.