Cursive, it’s a writing style that only so many people can read. When cursive was mandatory to learn, there were many students who could read that sentence above. But the number of people who can read cursive is starting to decline. 25-33 percent of students can’t read cursive, and that number is only going up. Why? Because cursive is no longer required to be taught. Since it is optional, many teachers decided to not include it in their lessons, the main reason being they want to teach students what they believe is more important, like keyboarding. Although students are starting to use typing more, cursive should become part of the common core curriculum standards because cursive increases creativity and the use of brain cells, improves reading …show more content…
According to Bateman, a representative from Idaho, "Modern research indicates that more areas of the human brain are engaged when children use cursive handwriting than when they keyboard(Smyth, 2013)". This concludes that more of your brain is at work when you write in cursive than when you use the keyboard, making your brain stronger and smarter. Secondly, cursive improves a student’s reading and writing skills. According to to a recent article by Julie Smyth, “Cursive advocates cite recent brain science that indicates the fluid motion employed when writing script enhances hand-eye coordination and develops fine motor skills, in turn promoting reading, writing and cognition skills(2013)”. This displays that when the brain is engaged in cursive, it increases their reading, penmanship, and processing skills, making them faster and better at all everything listed above. Finally, writing cursive allows students to read cursive. According to a 2013 article by Julie Smyth, “They further argue that scholars of the future will lose the ability to interpret valuable cultural resources--historical documents, ancestors' letters and journals, handwritten scholarship--if they can't read cursive(2013)”. This shows that if students don’t learn how to write cursive, they could struggle reading important records that were written in cursive, or even a friend who writes / in
What would the world be like if cursive wasn’t invented? Cursive should not be taught in schools. It is sometimes difficult to learn cursive. Depending on how the teachers teach and the age of the student it could be a very long process to learn cursive.
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.
What benefits does cursive writing hold, if students were to learn? Phsycologists found that if students hand write vs. type they remember better what was wriiten down. Well who said you need to know cursive to hand write? There is something called fine print, and we use that everyday of our lives. You just don't need cursive anymore. That is why it should never be required.
Living in the Southern United States during eighteenth century was a difficult time for African-Americans. Majority of them were slaves who received manipulation, sexual abuse and brutally whips to the spin. They were treated this way in order to stop them from gaining hope, knowledge and understanding of the world. Some African Americans managed to obtain these qualities from books and use them to escape from slavery. Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist who wrote an autobiography, from which the excerpt "Learning to Read and Write" explains how he developed literacy. In the excerpt, an African American slave banned from learning to read and write, breaks the law in an attempt to free his mind from the restricted beliefs of his master. One significant idea portrayed from Douglass's ordeal is that reading and writing is a vital skill that benefits humanity.
Handwriting is a means of expressing language, just like speech. However, handwriting is not taught in school as much as in previous years. In the past, handwriting was taught as a precursor to reading and spelling. Today, students of all ages are rigorously tested on their writing skills, yet they are not allowed the time it takes to develop this skill. I remember writing in a Big Chief notebook, holding a chubby pencil, trying my best to make the curves and lines of the letters just right. When I attended elementary school, the teacher devoted at least forty-five minutes to handwriting each day. Handwriting should still be taught in school because it is an essential first step to reading and expressing one’s thoughts and feelings and because of its impact on higher education.
Numerous intellectuals have debated on the effects that typography has on the mind. An example of two such intellectuals are Walter Ong and Neil Postman. In Walter Ong’s “Writing is a Technology that Restructures Thought” he describes the difference between oral and typographic cultures and the resulting effects each had on the mind while in Chapter 4 of Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” similarly focuses on how typography has molded the way that we think, which has become very structured and writing-like, and how that effects public discourse. Overall, both their pieces serve to demonstrate how typography arrogates itself into our lives and is forever embedded in our conscious and unconscious mind, which illuminates how technology is
In an interview with the Huffington Post, Dr. Laura Dineheart explains that motor functions are increased with cursive writing. Along with increased motor function comes better academic achievement and retention of the information being written. Moreover, she believes that if children learn how to write cursive proficiently, then the child will be a better
...he Constitution or Declaration of Independence- the very documents that contain the values and morals of our country. Cursive handwriting is no longer taught in many schools, thus impairing student’s ability to create neural passageways, improve fluency, and gain dexterity. Sure, there is no particular daily need for the delicate script, but letting the writing go extinct is unethical. Many countries describe the USA as lazy and culture poor- we need to prove these other nations wrong. Not only for the benefit of getting a better reputation, but also because we respect our language and want to preserve it for future generations. The death of cursive can cease. There is a vaccine, a cure, an antidote. This cure? Teaching the language in schools once again, typing less and scribing more, and most importantly informing individuals about the value of this set of ABC’s.
Maria Konnikova states in her article “What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades” that “[I]n alexia, or impaired reading ability, some individuals who are unable to process print can still read cursive, and vice versa.” This fact proves how vital at least a few lessons on cursive writing could be. Children suffering from various learning disabilities will be more successful if they are taught more ways to succeed. For some children cursive will be a real challenge and they would much prefer to use standard writing. For others, cursive will help them remember things more
Cursive writing is very important, even though its not required by law because kids have there phones and computers and all other technology and internet so kids don’t really write much unless they are in school then kids have to write. But before all the technology experts said, handwriting is being sacrificed for the sake of technology's convenience. And what that means is technology ruined cursive and regular handwriting because all kids and some adults have to do is press "send" and then its that simple they don’t need to write in any kind of handwriting if all they have to do is press send. Some kids even have auto correct on there phones, so they don’t have to worry about spelling things correct.
They claim cursive writing develops motor skills, reinforces learning, and helps students connect with the past (Concordia University). Linden Batemen, a state representative from Idaho, states, “Modern research indicates that more areas of the human brain are engaged when children use cursive handwriting” (Smyth). People point out that cursive is a handwriting style that has a more aesthetic look than print. They believe that, having to cypher through someone’s chicken scratch is much harder than cyphering their cursive writing. Another major argument is that children who are not educated in cursive will be unable to read important historical documents, letters from their elders, or, even worse, not be able to sign their own name (Scholastic News)....
This method is great for people who like structure and is by no means for every person in the world. It sets rules and strict guidelines that may hurt the creative process for many people. Yet, it will also help you to avoid plot holes. And it will save you from spending unnecessary time trying to figure out where the story should go. Either way it is a great method if you are looking to try something new.
In life you have everyday obstacles that you are faced with, some obstacles are big and some are small, but in spite of the obstacles you strive to overcome them. Learning to read and write was a huge obstacle for me because when I was younger I didn’t care about anything but video games and toys. Later, as I grew up I saw the importance of those essentials and eventually learned how to read and write. Even though I could read and write I had to face a lot of adversity just because I stutter. It 's times where I had to read out loud and was so nervous that I would stuttered, or times where I would be talking and get tongue tied and people would laugh, but as I got older I stop caring what people think of me and overcame it.
In recent years, people has faced various environmental problems, including air pollution, water shortage, ocean pollution, land desertification and global warming, all of which are caused by human activities. But environmental protection this word is not appeared in recent years, as early as in 1970, some environmental groups begin to pay close attention to the environment, "environmental revolution" campaign launched, and the environmental protection began to be concerned. Environmentalism can be described as a social movement or as an ideology focused on the welfare of the environment. Environmentalism seeks to protect and conserve the elements of earth's ecosystem, including water, air, land, animals, and plants, along with entire habitats
There are about 70 million people who are deaf and use sign language as there first language. Only very few people who can hear regularly, use sign language. That means about 253.1 million people don’t know sign language in the US. This leaves those who are deaf with very few people to communicate with and then students will not be able to communicate with there peers because they don't have a class to teach them sign language. Sign language should be a foreign language class that students can take in high school because more people will be able to communicate with those who are deaf,and it gives students better job opportunities.