I believe learning to write cursive in early levels of public education seems like it would be a waste of time and resources. As stated in the article, 'Cursive Is a Twenty-First Century Dinosaur', cursive is rapidly becoming obsolete due to the increased potency of technology in todays world. With technology swiftly becoming the more accessible way for everyone to communicate, I believe even standard print writing will soon see its demise. I'd be amazed to see cursive survive in a world where handwriting is deminishing. Firstly, as I mentioned above, I believe there are better and more impactful ways to spend in a teaching classroom, than cursive writing. In the current year, 2017, many public school classrooms have a set of laptops
Christopher McCandless’ long, fascinating, but an ultimately fatal journey into the wilderness of Alaska is depicted in the biography, Into the Wild, written by Jon Krakauer. Late in the of summer of 1990, a very young Christopher McCandless left his ordinary world in Annandale, Virginia to pursue a solitary life in the untamed wilds of Alaska. Many will insinuate that Christopher McCandless’ actions were childish and idiotic, but a stronger argument would be that his unconventional thinking and desire to live life on his own terms allowed him to reach self-actualization.
There are also reasons that cursive should be taught. Studies show it broadens the brain and makes think more while writing in cursive. It also brings out more inner thoughts in the brain. Someday we will need cursive for car signature, loans, student loan, and a lot more things that require cursive. Studies also show that it activates different parts of the brain and shows fine motor skills towards kids.
In conclusion, Cursive writing is very well out dated. We use technology now more than ever. Maybe a new common core standard should be computer skills. As cursive writing holds no benefits to students. The truth comes out, cursive writing has essentially disapeared. So why ever bring it
Have you ever wondered how some athletes have gotten so good at a certain sport? Have you ever thought about what they did in order for them to get this good? For some the answer is simple; workout and train. But for others the answer is different; the use of performance enhancing drugs such as steroids. There are some people that argue that steroids should be legalized and allowed in professional sports. Other people argue that steroids should not be allowed. Today I am going to state my opinion and justify my reason. Steroids should not be allowed in professional sports because it can be very dangerous to the athlete’s health, it is a way to gain and un-fair advantage and it can be dangerous in both social and physical aspects.
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him” (G.K. Chesterton). A soldier is a soldier no matter what. If they fight behind a screen, on the front line, or from a controller as long as they’re protecting this country, the people in it, and the people fighting for it they are honorable. Some think that because one does their fighting from a remote control drone means that they have no understanding of war, and in some ways that is true, but they are still taking someone’s life when they choose to press that button just like the solders on the front line takes someone’s life when they pull the trigger. Both people are fighting the same fight: they love the country they are defending the people in it they just do it from different standpoints. Drones
Imagine dedicating your life to a university not only on the academic level, but also the athletic level. With a full scholarship your time is dedicated to getting to class on time, finishing assignments, and making it to mandatory practices while also maintaining a strict workout schedule. With your day pretty much full of responsibilities, you do not have the time for a job to pay for anything that you may need outside of tuition, books, and housing. If your car breaks down or you run out of gas you have to pay for that out of your own pocket which is fairly difficult when you do not have an income to cover the costs and if you accept money or free services from any businesses, you could lose you eligibility as a NCAA athlete and lose your
I am adventurous. No I don't sky dive, wrestle crocodiles, or swim with sharks, but when asked by a group of friends to go cliff diving last summer, my best response was, “Sounds like fun!” I had never been afraid of heights yet have never experienced the thrill of cliff diving. All I could ask myself was, “What could go wrong?”
Handwriting has a prominent position in writing especially in key stage 1 as it is still developing. It is significant to teach the children how to form their letters, join letters, how to hold a pencil, formation of both upper case and lower case, finally every teacher want clear and neat presentation.
Literacy is the ability to read and write. Some people think that teaching cursive writing is frustrating. But it is 50% of literacy. Cursive writing may help those with special needs, keeps our brains active in old age, and we still use it today. In my opinion, cursive should be taught in schools because it can help kids that can’t write regular writing.
Since the beginning of time art has been a big part of culture and education. From indians paints stories on rock walls to Greek using are to create elaborate structures art has alway been a key role in many cultures. In today’s society the important of art is question. We want to big building with beautiful landscape, but we either take advantage of art or do not give it enough credit. Many people question whether classes such as art, drama, and theatre should still be part of the mandatory curriculum. In most schools you are required to take an art or drama class. In junior high school it is mandatory that you take an art class some time while you are attending junior high. In my opinion students all have different passions so it should not be mandatory, students should however be able to take those classes in high school, but unless you are getting ready to pursue such things in college they will not help you later on.
Have you ever woken up in the morning and felt like not going to the college the whole day? Of course you have. You think of skipping all the classes, but then you contemplate on the consequences of the choice. The attendance will suffer. You’d miss out on that important question or in some people’s case you’d miss out on the exam. You vote against it and go. Now in the above case you had a choice of whether to go to the classes or not, and you chose to go. That decision may prove to be fruitful or a rather disastrous one, but whatever it may be you have to deal with the consequences that come with it. We make countless decisions every day, every moment and once a choice has been made, the actions play out, and the consequence is delivered. We have to live with those consequences. Our choices and decisions guide our lives and build our futures. Whether people notice it or not, the choices we make today affect our tomorrow.
In some schools cursive is already out of the curriculum. Cursive writing should be taught in school. One girl, who was taught cursive in 5th grade, had a hard time not writing all her school work in cursive, now, in 8th grade she still writes her full name in cursive. She has lovely handwriting and comprehends certain things better than most her age so she is a more of a sagacious student. The girl had a hint of Dyslexia when she was taught cursive and now it is basically nonexistent.
In society today, being able to write is a big part of the curriculum. When I was as little as three years old I never knew how much writing would be important in my life today, as an adult. From the very beginning, of being introduced to words in elementary school, I struggled with spelling words correctly. I can remember being in class and struggling with the difficulty of spelling something as simple as my own name.
Living in America today, students living in this era don’t know how to read or write in cursive handwriting. Many people today don’t know that cursive handwriting has been taken out of public schools for years now. “Today people use the keyboard as a better way of writing” (Hotz). Cursive writing needs to be put back into public schools before the rest of the world becomes a total wreck. Meaning that children will get so wrapped up into the technology world they won’t ever know what a piece of cursive writing is or even looks like. And many parents wouldn’t want that for their children. Cursive handwriting should be put back into public schools, so students nationwide can
Many don’t realize that the road to success isn’t so much a road as it is a winding,