No one has ever actually explained to me why we should keep teaching cursive any more than we should keep teaching Gregg shorthand
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@RustyCrab there are multiple mechanical and cognitive benefits to caring about handwriting. Faster hand writing, better dexterity, mental clarity, etcetera.
@f0x working on paper is good but I'm not convinced cursive brings enough benefit to keep up the time sink of maintaining it
@RustyCrab @f0x I'm being completely honest when I say it's exactly the reverse for me, writing print is physically painful to me beyond one or two lines
@benis_redux @RustyCrab it's because your ability atrophied, and the answer to poor posture isn't sitting odd, so.. why would abstaining from writing be the answer here?
@f0x @RustyCrab writing *print*, I only write cursive if I can help it
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@benis_redux @RustyCrab 
is that what they called it?? They came up with a fancy acronym, "ESW" english standard writing when i went through learning how to write.
is that what they called it?? They came up with a fancy acronym, "ESW" english standard writing when i went through learning how to write.
@f0x @benis_redux @RustyCrab
>They came up with a fancy acronym, "ESW" english standard writing when i went through learning how to write.
With how they completely fucked up math learning twice, I wouldn't be surprised if they fucked up learning cursive as well. Probably with some completely dumb methods. Just like "new math" and "common core".
>They came up with a fancy acronym, "ESW" english standard writing when i went through learning how to write.
With how they completely fucked up math learning twice, I wouldn't be surprised if they fucked up learning cursive as well. Probably with some completely dumb methods. Just like "new math" and "common core".