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Sea that's kind of awesome though a great antique.
DontH8me I believe you about the time thing. My own son feels cursive isn't needed anymore and when he has to sign his signature it looks like a 5 yr old is signing.lol
Computer people don't need it.
Sea that's kind of awesome though a great antique.
DontH8me I believe you about the time thing. My own son feels cursive isn't needed anymore and when he has to sign his signature it looks like a 5 yr old is signing.lol
Computer people don't need it.
You just described my own son - hilarious! I get a kick whenever I see he has to sign something like his passport or an application - it's so cute.
You just described my own son - hilarious! I get a kick whenever I see he has to sign something like his passport or an application - it's so cute.
The last time my daughter needed money (22) I put the dollar amt on the check and told her to fill it in. She said "Very funny, how do I do that?"
And she's smart
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I'm cruelly forcing my son to learn cursive. Thankfully, as of his fifth grade year the schools locally decided to reinstitute it. YAY.
That's just bizarre that the school would see the merit in that, kids don't understand why we did those 'time wasters' in the olden days.
Speaking of TV/movies I saw this on FB and thought it was pretty good. I think Kilmer did a great job portraying Doc Holiday. Seen others do it and I imagine from what I've read about Doc Holiday is that Val probably got it right. Dennis Quid's version just wasn't as good as Val's. Course that's just my humble opinion.
Your opinion is absolutely right, and anyone who disagrees can fight me
The last time my daughter needed money (22) I put the dollar amt on the check and told her to fill it in. She said "Very funny, how do I do that?"
And she's smart
That's just bizarre that the school would see the merit in that, kids don't understand why we did those 'time wasters' in the olden days.
You still have checks?!? Kidding - I haven't ordered checks in over ten years but I just used the last one yesterday. I think I have to contact my bank to remind me how I order them. They were 'free' before but nowadays they charge for everything.
You still have checks?!? Kidding - I haven't ordered checks in over ten years but I just used the last one yesterday. I think I have to contact my bank to remind me how I order them. They were 'free' before but nowadays they charge for everything.
No I don't! I didn't have cash though. One of those every 6 months or so times I could use one. The address I moved from 5 years ago is on there. Whenever I see somebody take their check book out after all of their groceries have already been rung up, I know they must be writing in cursive....
That's just bizarre that the school would see the merit in that, kids don't understand why we did those 'time wasters' in the olden days.
For one thing, it's a county school in a rural area of Indiana. That may be part of it, plenty of conservatives around here.
But honestly, I think after giving it up for a few years, it occurred to someone that kids were growing up without a signature. Sure, the world is electronic, but with so many things being hacked these days, a signature is still a relatively verifiable thing. For example, my capital letters in my sig would be easy to duplicate, they're simple despite a certain swoop. Where I look when I'm checking whether a sig is actually mine (hey, I'm old, I no longer remember everything I sign) is in certain traits of the lowercase areas.
I'm sure it's FAR from just that, and what I'm saying is really just speculation; but I've also seen kids who cannot read cursive, let alone write it.
Further, the world is getting smaller, and kids are getting more exposure to foreign languages than they once did. Most foreign school systems still require cursive, so the concept isn't dated.
I've encountered lots of American-raised Russians who can speak Russian in the home, but cannot read or write Russian -- which absolutely baffles me! Then again, I was a military linguist, and even worse, am a TOTAL language geek (meaning my pursuit of odd tidbits of foreign language, up to and including my ownership of books in languages I do not even speak a little of, pretty much amounts to a desperate, nigh-fetishistic sickness). OH, for a woman who wants to speak other tongues in the home!!!! *le swoon*
I'm glad this is a chat thread, that was the kind of rabbit trail tangent requiring a determined beagle and a sense of sighing patience.
I'm sure it's FAR from just that, and what I'm saying is really just speculation; but I've also seen kids who cannot read cursive, let alone write it.
I used to work in an archives, and there are younger people who absolutely cannot read a hand-written document.
I know times have changed, and we're not going to get rid of tech, but I feel great nostalgia thinking back on the notes my friends and I used to pass back and forth to each other, and how each of our handwritings were different and identifiable.
I used to work in an archives, and there are younger people who absolutely cannot read a hand-written document.
I know times have changed, and we're not going to get rid of tech, but I feel great nostalgia thinking back on the notes my friends and I used to pass back and forth to each other, and how each of our handwritings were different and identifiable.
Unnecessary fact: when my daughter started school I worked part-time for a company that handed addressed birthday cards for all of their insurance company customers. There were enough that it was a job 5 days a week.
So many people all over the country thinking they're getting personal cards from their insurance guy, and what beautiful penmanship he has.
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Kidding - I haven't ordered checks in over ten years but I just used the last one yesterday. I think I have to contact my bank to remind me how I order them. They were 'free' before but nowadays they charge for everything.
