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In reply to the discussion: Cursive writing is not being taught in much of America. [View all]49jim
(560 posts)I replied to another thread the other day about cursive writing on DU.
I taught 3rd grade from 1971-77. The core curriculum was reading, math and cursive writing. We spent every day beginning in September learning to form each letter lower case and upper case.
Im left handed and had to work hard to model the correct form
.I expected it from the students so I had to do it as well.
I continued to write in cursive throughout my educational career as a teacher and elementary principal. I retired in 2002 and went on to teach part time at the local community college for 14 years. I did have several college students that werent able to read the comments I wrote on their papers!
Im 74 and keep a daily list of things to do each day
..and I still write those notes in cursive.