Common Core is Killing Cursive - 18 views
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#4 Ariana Agnew on 26 Feb 14I remember being drilled in cursive throughout elementary school, and again in junior high. But I think the real value in learning cursive is speed- taking notes is really much quicker with cursive, and it's certainly easier to churn out a quick rough draft before class. I've never thought that using cursive in class should be required- sometimes, someone's writing is neater in print than in cursive. All in all, I think it's important for kids to learn cursive in elementary school just to have that skill and that option, but it doesn't need to be something you're graded on.