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Sponsor of the bill Hurley; Warren; Shepard; (Primary)
Blust; R. Brawley; Brody; B. Brown; Cleveland; Faircloth; Floyd; Fulghum; Luebke; Malone; McNeill; Moffitt; Pittman; Presnell; Setzer;
Want to bring cursive hand writing to be taught in North Carolina schools. A handwriting techinue that is used no where in society of today except for signatures.
Even a lot of documents will also ask to print your name due to a lot of cursive written is to messy to make out.
IMO I think North Carolina schools should concentrate on typing, computer training and reading and appropriate skills in the English classes.
The bill also would include It would also require students to "memorize multiplication tables to demonstrate competency in efficiently.
I am all for the foundational basics brought back into education. So I am plus+ on this initiative.
Afterall it was people with those foundational basics that got us to the moon and back. Even to the point of Apollo 13 commander doing the formula on the back of a gum wrapper that got them back safely.
We have been importing our academic talent for too long.
I am all for the foundational basics brought back into education. So I am plus+ on this initiative.
Let's start teaching Greek and Latin again, then.
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Afterall it was people with those foundational basics that got us to the moon and back. Even to the point of Apollo 13 commander doing the formula on the back of a gum wrapper that got them back safely.
That has absolutely nothing to do with writing cursive.
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We have been importing our academic talent for too long.
We import academic technicians. People good at crunching numbers and following instructions. The innovation still largely comes from creative Americans in those fields.
That has absolutely nothing to do with writing cursive.
We import academic technicians. People good at crunching numbers and following instructions. The innovation still largely comes from creative Americans in those fields.
Disagree totally, but that is the good thing about America.
Growing up in the age when handwriting was taught from print to cursive, I can attest to the fact teaching cursive will make the signer's handwriting no more legible than finger painting makes one an artist.
We import academic technicians. People good at crunching numbers and following instructions. The innovation still largely comes from creative Americans in those fields.
The reality is that this hasn't been true for a while now. I work in one of these highly technical, cutting edge fields. A very large percentage of the best, most innovative engineers are not from the US. Innovation happens here because the majority of companies are based here - so the best folks come here. That's changing though.
I've also got elementary aged kids. I see the stuff they bring home. I'm all for adding back in more fundamentals. Writing cursive may not directly result in a skill that allows you to advance. However, it allows you to write faster and helps with fine motor control. Both of those are useful. Making sure kids memorize multiplication tables - a no-brainer in my book.
The reality is that this hasn't been true for a while now. I work in one of these highly technical, cutting edge fields. A very large percentage of the best, most innovative engineers are not from the US. Innovation happens here because the majority of companies are based here - so the best folks come here. That's changing though.
I've also got elementary aged kids. I see the stuff they bring home. I'm all for adding back in more fundamentals. Writing cursive may not directly result in a skill that allows you to advance. However, it allows you to write faster and helps with fine motor control. Both of those are useful. Making sure kids memorize multiplication tables - a no-brainer in my book.
That is more because the best American engineering grads can make far more money in other fields. It's not that they don't have the skills. I don't buy that there is a some shortage of engineers. It's a narrative the engineering companies to relax immigration laws to save money. I work at a university and I see the foreign students and American students. The American students are better in general at finding answers to problems with gray areas.
Yes, mathematics should be better taught and taught earlier in our schools. I am all for the multiplication tables, which I'm sure are taught anyway. But cursive is just silly.
The bill implies that it's for kids up through the fifth grade. I have no issues with them wanting to teach better handwriting at a young age. I'm surprised that it's been taken out. Not that learning cursive is assured to leading to better handwriting, but so many adult can barely write legibly, so I think this can only help.
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