Cursive is making a comeback. Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.

  • mack7400@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Oh, great. This will come in clutch when you get sent back in time and have to write Aunt Tilly from the front line of the Boer War.

  • Steak@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    we learned when i was a kid and NEVER used it at all. I was so stressed out trying to learn it. I already had difficulty printing then they wanted me to learn cursive so i did and then never used it even once.

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    1 year ago

    I’m sort of confused by this: the point of cursive was to make it more efficient to write quickly, without lifting pen from paper and causing blotting.

    In a very “medium is the message” way, it’s tied to the pen. In an era of pencils and pens that don’t blot (and this little thing called a “keyboard”) it really is kind of an anachronism.

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    1 year ago

    Seems like a fair thing to teach considering students will be writing exams by hand most of their lives. Sucks that they just threw curriculum changes so last minute at the teachers without much support.

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      1 year ago

      students will be writing exams by hand most of their lives.

      All my exams were done on computers, many years ago.

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        1 year ago

        That’s very lucky. I had to write my computer science exams (and all other courses) on paper for undergrad and i graduated in 2019. I don’t think that’s a thing in Ontario universities unless you have some sort of disability accommodation.