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Post by ant-mac on Mar 14, 2019 22:29:47 GMT
I also know how to speak in cursive, but that's probably best left for another thread...
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Post by Catman on Mar 14, 2019 22:30:27 GMT
BATouttaheck, there is a reason Catman does not even consider selling his efforts at craft shows. That said, Catman's hopping frog origami figure is really neat. And the prairie chicken isn't half bad.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 14, 2019 22:31:04 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 14, 2019 22:32:49 GMT
CatmanI had a friend who used to (try to) pick up girls in the park by giving them Origami Birds ! Sometimes it worked !
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 15, 2019 10:28:47 GMT
Since third grade.
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Post by kls on Mar 15, 2019 10:50:09 GMT
Read it in Kindergarten. Write it-passible now in terms of could others decipher it if I wrote slowly, but not properly formed.
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Post by kuatorises on Mar 15, 2019 13:36:00 GMT
kls BUT who has said that it is "superior"? What are you saying people are saying it is superior to ? IMO, It is a skill that there seems to be no logical reason to let disappear. You and the others who are appalled that it's dying off. What's the logical reason for teaching it? It's not the ability to read and write, it's simply a style of writing. It serves no purpose other than to look nice.
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Post by kuatorises on Mar 15, 2019 13:39:09 GMT
First, I am a bit baffled that this thread had gotten this long. This is not rocket science or brain surgery. I was taught to print in second grade, and taught cursive in fourth grade, in a public school in the late 1950's. If one cannot read or write clearly, it is difficult to communicate, which is necessary to do well in our society. It is worth the time, in those grades, to set a proper foundation on which much communication is based. But, unless the student has dyslexia or some other condition, it's not that hard to do. Years later, in college, as part of my art training, I learned calligraphy. We would study each type face, and practice it's execution by copying quotations. I have written in Old English, Chancery Cursive, German Blackletter and a variety of other typefaces. It's simple imitation and practice. I write in block letters usually, for clarity, though I write in all caps but with a larger initial cap. Most people have been able to read it easily. If I am making proofreading corrections, I use Cap and lower case. I do sign my name in cursive, and can write a greeting card or thank you letter in cursive. It's a matter of taking the time to do the task well. It's like learning to add before you can tackle algebra.Edit: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.Cursive is the ability to read or write though, it's simply a style of penmanship. It serves no real purpose.
Algebra is generally useless to most people, just sayin'.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 15, 2019 14:37:35 GMT
kuatorisesso let it die out and hope that there is someone down the pike who can decipher the documents that are written in cursive. Encourage the dumbing down of society. Encourage the loss of abilities. Loss of spoken languages from lack of use is happening so why not reading ability ? Cursive is NOT superior but it really is essential.
Schools of Mathematics is a whole 'nother subject and OT for this thread j/s.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 15, 2019 14:47:09 GMT
Cursive Cursive is any style of penmanship in which some characters are written joined together in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster. Formal cursive is generally joined, but casual cursive is a combination of joins and pen lifts. The writing style can be further divided as "looped", "italic" or "connected". WIKI LINK >>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive
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Post by kuatorises on Mar 15, 2019 14:49:48 GMT
kuatorises so let it die out and hope that there is someone down the pike who can decipher the documents that are written in cursive. Encourage the dumbing down of society. Encourage the loss of abilities. Loss of spoken languages from lack of use is happening so why not reading ability ? Cursive is NOT superior but it really is essential.
Schools of Mathematics is a whole 'nother subject and OT for this thread j/s. It's absolutely not.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 15, 2019 14:56:58 GMT
kuatorisesI suggest that you read the Wiki link posted above. If nothing else, it is interesting and it presents "both sides " of this "discussion" as well as some history on writing in general.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 15, 2019 15:52:40 GMT
There is a lack of teachers who can still write well enough to teach how to write. To make matters worse, they are apparently not being taught in "teacher school" how to teach writing.
Saying "it's too hard to get the children to do it well" is like saying "Why teach drawing since most of the students have no drawing ability and won't be able to do it well.!"
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