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Death Of Cursive? Not In SC …

A great debate is underway in America’s government-run schools as to whether cursive writing should continue to be taught … Recently released “Common Core State Standards” for government-run schools across the country no longer require cursive instruction, but states are moving quickly to pass legislation that would keep it in…

A great debate is underway in America’s government-run schools as to whether cursive writing should continue to be taught …

Recently released “Common Core State Standards” for government-run schools across the country no longer require cursive instruction, but states are moving quickly to pass legislation that would keep it in their curricula.

North Carolina’s State Senate passed a bill mandating continued cursive instruction last week, while legislation was introduced in the S.C. House of Representatives last month that would do the same thing.

Specifically, the proposed South Carolina law (H. 3905) would require every school district in the state to “provide instruction in cursive writing to ensure that students can create readable documents through legible cursive handwriting by the end of fifth grade.”

Interestingly, a North Carolina lawmaker sponsoring that state’s legislation said she was receiving her information on the bill from a “source in South Carolina” – which wound up being a sales representative for Zaner-Bloser, a for-profit company based in Ohio which provides cursive writing instructional materials.

Hmmmm …

Frankly this whole discussion strikes us as ridiculous … in fact it’s a “debate” we wouldn’t even be having if government would ever-so-slightly loosen its vice grip over the education industry. Also it strikes us as absolutely insane that South Carolina students – who continue to fall further behind their peers in critical skills like math and reading – should be forced to waste valuable instruction time learning cursive writing.

But hey … this is South Carolina, where the people running our government school monopoly are borderline illiterate themselves …

H. 3905 (.pdf)

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40 comments

jimlewisowb May 1, 2013 at 1:47 pm

Dman irhgt wiell

Orrsy pells chcek ont wroinkg

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CorruptionInColumbia May 1, 2013 at 2:17 pm

Archy, is that you?

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jimlewisowb May 1, 2013 at 1:47 pm

Dman irhgt wiell

Orrsy pells chcek ont wroinkg

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CorruptionInColumbia May 1, 2013 at 2:17 pm

Archy, is that you?

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CNSYD May 1, 2013 at 2:04 pm

Students should be be taught how to read a non digital clock and perform basic math calculations (square roots, multiplication tables, etc.) without total reliance on a calculator.

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bob May 1, 2013 at 2:41 pm

You are correct, Sir.

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CNSYD May 1, 2013 at 2:04 pm

Students should be be taught how to read a non digital clock and perform basic math calculations (square roots, multiplication tables, etc.) without total reliance on a calculator.

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bob May 1, 2013 at 2:41 pm

You are correct, Sir.

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clit May 1, 2013 at 2:14 pm

NAACP will say its racist to make students write cursive

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Squishy123 May 1, 2013 at 3:57 pm

Cursive, they think it’s writing words like “fuck, shit, motherfucker, bitch, ho…

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Right May 1, 2013 at 6:54 pm

WTF are you talking about?

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clit May 1, 2013 at 2:14 pm

NAACP will say its racist to make students write cursive

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Squishy123 May 1, 2013 at 3:57 pm

Cursive, they think it’s writing words like “fuck, shit, motherfucker, bitch, ho…

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Right May 1, 2013 at 6:54 pm

WTF are you talking about?

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cuvinny May 1, 2013 at 2:16 pm

Cursive is handy to read birthday cards from my grandma, but I don’t really see the point. No one will be using it period within 20 years.

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bob May 1, 2013 at 2:43 pm

It is still an indicator of education, and whether one uses it or not, learning cursive assists with other learning (or so I have been told.)

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Squishy123 May 1, 2013 at 5:55 pm

Bill, please recite the alphabet…. QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM

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Grandmother May 1, 2013 at 6:49 pm

Exactly! Writing your thoughts down via cursive writing slows down the thought processes and allows for a more logical and sequential product. It also allows young learners to “sound out” words and actually improves their spelling. There has been a lot of research done on this very topic and the research supports the teaching of cursive writing in our classrooms. Common Core is a set of basic standards. It is not meant to be the end-all of curriculum standards.

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Squishy123 May 1, 2013 at 3:59 pm

Are they just going to type or text their signatures?

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Right May 1, 2013 at 6:56 pm

u r right, lol!

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cuvinny May 1, 2013 at 2:16 pm

Cursive is handy to read birthday cards from my grandma, but I don’t really see the point. No one will be using it period within 20 years.

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bob May 1, 2013 at 2:43 pm

It is still an indicator of education, and whether one uses it or not, learning cursive assists with other learning (or so I have been told.)

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Squishy123 May 1, 2013 at 5:55 pm

Bill, please recite the alphabet…. QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM

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Grandmother May 1, 2013 at 6:49 pm

Exactly! Writing your thoughts down via cursive writing slows down the thought processes and allows for a more logical and sequential product. It also allows young learners to “sound out” words and actually improves their spelling. There has been a lot of research done on this very topic and the research supports the teaching of cursive writing in our classrooms. Common Core is a set of basic standards. It is not meant to be the end-all of curriculum standards.

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Squishy123 May 1, 2013 at 3:59 pm

Are they just going to type or text their signatures?

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Right May 1, 2013 at 6:56 pm

u r right, lol!

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anonymous May 1, 2013 at 2:44 pm

Well Fits–knowing how to sign one’s name quickly in cursive is a boost.

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anonymous May 1, 2013 at 2:44 pm

Well Fits–knowing how to sign one’s name quickly in cursive is a boost.

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Jay Ellington May 1, 2013 at 2:56 pm

Our son was writing in cursive by the age of 6, thanks to Montessori. When we transitioned him to public school, I met with his teachers and let them know that he was already capable of writing in cursive. They got a really concerned look on their faces and let me and my wife know that they would not be encouraging him to do so in their class. He lost that ability within the first year away from Montessori. Let’s dumb those kids down now.

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The Ghost of Fat Greg Dulli May 1, 2013 at 2:56 pm

Our son was writing in cursive by the age of 6, thanks to Montessori. When we transitioned him to public school, I met with his teachers and let them know that he was already capable of writing in cursive. They got a really concerned look on their faces and let me and my wife know that they would not be encouraging him to do so in their class. He lost that ability within the first year away from Montessori. Let’s dumb those kids down now.

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9" May 1, 2013 at 8:11 pm

there’s no peeing your name in the snow without cursive

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tomstickler May 1, 2013 at 10:39 pm

Rilly?

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9" May 1, 2013 at 11:08 pm

That’s impressive.Urinary incontinence? Must have taken two hours;-)

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9" May 1, 2013 at 8:11 pm

there’s no peeing your name in the snow without cursive

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tomstickler May 1, 2013 at 10:39 pm

Rilly?

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9" May 1, 2013 at 11:08 pm

That’s impressive.Urinary incontinence? Must have taken two hours;-)

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Tank May 1, 2013 at 8:51 pm

“We don’t want the government involved in our lives!” …except when it comes to how we write…

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Tank May 1, 2013 at 8:51 pm

“We don’t want the government involved in our lives!” …except when it comes to how we write…

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Paul C. Graham May 2, 2013 at 11:33 am

Best news I’ve heard concerning education in SC in quite a long time.

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Paul C. Graham May 2, 2013 at 11:33 am

Best news I’ve heard concerning education in SC in quite a long time.

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