cursive the lost writing style
Leonardo Gomez
Mrs. Elizondo
English 100
April 28, 2014
Cursive: The Long Lost Handwriting Style.
“What is this? I am not accepting this paper until you rewrite it in cursive!” This is what I heard from my old teacher telling my buddy who didn’t take the ‘cursive only’ rule seriously. I attended St. Catherine’s Military Academy, a private military school that instilled many values in their students; including, the aforementioned ‘cursive only’ rule. I didn’t really understand why they made us write in cursive, I actually hated it! “Let me write the way I want to write!” is something I always dreamed about yelling at my teacher, yet I still went along with it. After graduating from St. Catherine’s Military Academy I moved on to high school where I would find myself exclusively writing in cursive, it was now a part of me. After writing in cursive for so long it just grew on me and I started adding my personal touch to it. For those who are not familiar with this form of handwriting cursive is a style where all the letters in a word are connected. Fun fact: cursive is also known as script or longhand. The Common Core Standards no longer require elementary students to learn cursive, and some schools are dropping the teaching of cursive all together, dismissing it as an “ancient skill.” However, certain studies have come up, proving that doing so might not be the best idea. Teaching handwriting, or cursive, is an important thing schools should be teaching children, especially in our modern era. There are so many benefits to making sure that cursive remains in the curriculum. Teaching handwriting helps children with development, and how to learn and think better then if they had not been taught handwriting. According to William Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D “Scientists are discovering that learning cursive is an important tool for cognitive development,” because students have to pay close attention and think about what and how they are going to write. Brain imaging studies
Mrs. Elizondo
English 100
April 28, 2014
Cursive: The Long Lost Handwriting Style.
“What is this? I am not accepting this paper until you rewrite it in cursive!” This is what I heard from my old teacher telling my buddy who didn’t take the ‘cursive only’ rule seriously. I attended St. Catherine’s Military Academy, a private military school that instilled many values in their students; including, the aforementioned ‘cursive only’ rule. I didn’t really understand why they made us write in cursive, I actually hated it! “Let me write the way I want to write!” is something I always dreamed about yelling at my teacher, yet I still went along with it. After graduating from St. Catherine’s Military Academy I moved on to high school where I would find myself exclusively writing in cursive, it was now a part of me. After writing in cursive for so long it just grew on me and I started adding my personal touch to it. For those who are not familiar with this form of handwriting cursive is a style where all the letters in a word are connected. Fun fact: cursive is also known as script or longhand. The Common Core Standards no longer require elementary students to learn cursive, and some schools are dropping the teaching of cursive all together, dismissing it as an “ancient skill.” However, certain studies have come up, proving that doing so might not be the best idea. Teaching handwriting, or cursive, is an important thing schools should be teaching children, especially in our modern era. There are so many benefits to making sure that cursive remains in the curriculum. Teaching handwriting helps children with development, and how to learn and think better then if they had not been taught handwriting. According to William Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D “Scientists are discovering that learning cursive is an important tool for cognitive development,” because students have to pay close attention and think about what and how they are going to write. Brain imaging studies
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