• Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    To be fair, it’s trivially easy to learn cursive and it’s basically always been an extension of penmanship.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve never been in a situation where penmanship mattered. Typing skills on the other hand are abysmal across the board and hamper my coworkers constantly.

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              I’m really confused by all of these not being on the curriculum. I went to secondary school in the 90s in the UK. I had learned joined up writing in early primary school (which was what you used to write essays and coursework) and I had both an electronics class where we soldered circuits and IT class where typing improvement games were available.

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          1 year ago

          It really isn’t. Some people have a talent for it, most don’t.

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      1 year ago

      Why is penmanship anything that we care about now? Who writes things outside of notes?

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      1 year ago

      But why do children need to be required to learn it when there are more pressing skills that they need?