It warmed my heart today

[Baller23Boogie]

To check my daughter's bring home folder from school and see a practice paper where her 5th grade class had started practicing cursive handwriting.

Now, I remember doing it much earlier when I learned, but the fact that she will know how to write in cursive is still cool to me.

For reference, my junior in high school only knows how to sign her name because when she was in elementary, learning cursive wasn't required by the state.

 

[TMFT]

Very sweet.

I see your cursive handwriting & raise you: My 4th grader (when they learn Indiana History) came home to tell me that his teacher asked if anyone knew our state song and he answered "Indiana, Our Indiana." Damn near cried.

 

[IUCrazy2]

Very sweet.

I see your cursive handwriting & raise you: My 4th grader (when they learn Indiana History) came home to tell me that his teacher asked if anyone knew our state song and he answered "Indiana, Our Indiana." Damn near cried.

 

[TomEric4756]

Very sweet.

I see your cursive handwriting & raise you: My 4th grader (when they learn Indiana History) came home to tell me that his teacher asked if anyone knew our state song and he answered "Indiana, Our Indiana." Damn near cried.

Jim Nabors may no longer be the featured artist …. at IMS … but ’My Old Kentucky Home’ does have a longer run at Church Hill Downs.

 

[Harry Hondo]

Jim Nabors may no longer be the featured artist …. at IMS … but old Kentucky does have a longer run at Church Hill Downs.

That’s because horses predate the automobile. Duh!

 

[TMFT]

That’s because horses predate the automobile. Duh!

Kentucky, the land of beautiful horses and fast women.

 

[zeke4ahs]

To check my daughter's bring home folder from school and see a practice paper where her 5th grade class had started practicing cursive handwriting.

Now, I remember doing it much earlier when I learned, but the fact that she will know how to write in cursive is still cool to me.

For reference, my junior in high school only knows how to sign her name because when she was in elementary, learning cursive wasn't required by the state.

We teach cursive in third grade.

 

[UncleMark]

We teach cursive in third grade.

In third grade, in 1963, I was taught cursive... with a fountain pen.

 

[DANC]

In third grade, in 1963, I was taught cursive... with a fountain pen.

Not me. We had those HUGE lead pencils.

 

[UncleMark]

Not me. We had those HUGE lead pencils.

Started with those, but third grade was the big leagues.

 

[larsIU]

Started with those, but third grade was the big leagues.

I remember getting the red P on my homework meaning I could now use a pen.

 

[JamieDimonsBalls]

To check my daughter's bring home folder from school and see a practice paper where her 5th grade class had started practicing cursive handwriting.

Now, I remember doing it much earlier when I learned, but the fact that she will know how to write in cursive is still cool to me.

For reference, my junior in high school only knows how to sign her name because when she was in elementary, learning cursive wasn't required by the state.

Did they go to different schools? Wondering what the difference is.

If I remember, I started in second grade.

 

[Baller23Boogie]

Did they go to different schools? Wondering what the difference is.

If I remember, I started in second grade.

Same school.

Indiana stopped teaching cursive in like 2011 but then picked it back up in like 2018 from what I read.

 

[TMFT]

Same school.

Indiana stopped teaching cursive in like 2011 but then picked it back up in like 2018 from what I read.

For the life of me I’ll never understand why cursive handwriting is such a hot button issue.

 

[Spartans9312]

For the life of me I’ll never understand why cursive handwriting is such a hot button issue.

The school my children attend continued to teach cursive writing. But other county schools did not. What did they substitute in the curriculum?

 

[VanPastorMan]

In third grade, in 1963, I was taught cursive... with a fountain pen.

Your Grandpa probably said, "Mark, I learned cursive in the third grade with a quill pen."

 

[TMFT]

The school my children attend continued to teach cursive writing. But other county schools did not. What did they substitute in the curriculum?

Who knows. Maybe they actually made it to the end of the history book for once. Lol

 

[Bloom.]

For the life of me I’ll never understand why cursive handwriting is such a hot button issue.

Fully agree. People nostalgic for writing (vs. typing), maybe the look of it.

It popped the last couple of years amid the attempts to politicize smaller school boards as an issue. I get that good handwriting can have an aesthetic, but it's never been one to resonate with me. Average to worse handwriting is a no go on even trying to read.

 

[Bloom.]

Who knows. Maybe they actually made it to the end of the history book for once. Lol

Agreed. Time wasted. Looking back would've rather that time be spent on learning a second language in elementary school. I didn't need two ways to write something in the same language.

 

[DANC]

Started with those, but third grade was the big leagues.

I remember starting cursive in the 2nd grade.

My mom was an elementary teacher and had the most beautiful handwriting. It's still way better than mind and she's 93.

 

[DANC]

For the life of me I’ll never understand why cursive handwriting is such a hot button issue.

I can see why Democrats don't want anyone to learn cursive - they don't want signature matching on ballots.

I keed, I keed.

Sorta.

 

[UncleMark]

I remember starting cursive in the 2nd grade.

My mom was an elementary teacher and had the most beautiful handwriting. It's still way better than mind and she's 93.

Mine was good enough that my profs accepted my papers handwritten instead of typed.

 

[larsIU]

For the life of me I’ll never understand why cursive handwriting is such a hot button issue.

I assume people with poor handwriting are smarter. It’s science

 

[DANC]

Mine was good enough that my profs accepted my papers handwritten instead of typed.

I'm surprised my profs could even read my blue books.

 

[UncleMark]

I'm surprised my profs could even read my blue books.

That's what TAs were for.

 

[zeke4ahs]

Same school.

Indiana stopped teaching cursive in like 2011 but then picked it back up in like 2018 from what I read.

Not all districts. Maybe they just chose to continue.

 

[Morrison]

I'm surprised my profs could even read my blue books.

They never opened them. No way they’d risk failing you, only to have you back the following semester. 😂