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  • #46
    Originally posted by Al B. Sure! View Post
    Cursive for exams? Are you serious?

    Most teachers and professors I've had PROHIBITED cursive for written essays. Cursive is a nightmare to read.
    Then your profs are lazy, your fellow students are *****, or both.
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    • #47
      Originally posted by gribbler View Post
      ****, there are people who can't count change?
      First day of teller training, I kid you not, we had to do an activity where we matched the famous American's portrait with the dollar amount of the currency he is on. Considering how in depth the hiring and screening process was, I don't see how they couldn't just assume everyone knew it.

      However, there is a foreign immigrant there who could have some trouble but he knew it.
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      • #48
        Originally posted by Lorizael View Post
        My girlfriend - a teacher - says you all who support cursive need to cry a tear of nostalgia and get over it. She would also like to mention that she's about to take notes in cursive.

        She adds that instead of focusing on cursive we could focus on grammar, telling time, spelling, and counting change.
        Ask her about the time lost when kids don't write down fast enough.
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        • #49
          Originally posted by Oncle Boris View Post
          Then your profs are lazy, your fellow students are *****, or both.


          Cursive is hard as **** to read, especially when written quickly by a stressed student taking an exam. And the professor has to read 30+ essays written in wildly varying cursive styles... it's a nightmare for them.
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          • #50
            Originally posted by Oncle Boris View Post
            Ask her about the time lost when kids don't write down fast enough.
            What the hell is wrong with print? I never had any problems and all I did was print. Learn how to print fast. It's not that hard. And it's not like lifting the writing utensil off the paper is that time-consuming.

            There's never any question about what a printed word says. Cursive? Holy ****. It's quite often unintelligible, especially when written fast.
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            • #51
              Originally posted by Oncle Boris View Post
              Ask her about the time lost when kids don't write down fast enough.
              Uh, what grade level are you teaching? She says that if you're having kids write so many notes that they can't keep up with you, then you need to learn new teaching methods.
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              • #52
                Re: Albie
                It's really not that bad when they've been taught properly, or when they learn to cope with stress.

                Your professors are sacrificing rigor for convenience. The less students can be expected to write down, the less knowledge gets verified.
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                • #53
                  Originally posted by Lorizael View Post
                  Uh, what grade level are you teaching? She says that if you're having kids write so many notes that they can't keep up with you, then you need to learn new teaching methods.
                  8th and 9th grade.
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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by Lorizael View Post
                    Uh, what grade level are you teaching? She says that if you're having kids write so many notes that they can't keep up with you, then you need to learn new teaching methods.
                    She would like to add that she told me not to say this.
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                    • #55
                      It's OK.

                      I would question her own techniques if she didn't pass on enough information that it warranted cursives. At least at this level. 14y olds should write down lots of stuff and memorize it.

                      EDIT: though if she teaches in a public school with no selection I can understand
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                      • #56
                        She teaches elementary school.

                        Back to my opinions, now: Taking notes in cursive is idiotic. My notes in school were always a shorthand code of what I thought was important. I never had problems keeping up with the teacher, and I never read my notes again. I was also always at the top of my class test-wise, so I guess I knew wtf I was doing.
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                        • #57
                          WTF @ the idea of taking notes.

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                          • #58
                            You must be so brilliant.
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                            • #59
                              She adds that instead of focusing on cursive we could focus on grammar, telling time, spelling, and counting change.
                              So she believes that grammar and spelling and learning to write cursive are distinct skills?

                              The easiest way to get people to learn spelling is to write the words down.
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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by Oncle Boris View Post
                                EDIT: though if she teaches in a public school with no selection I can understand
                                First of all, she does teach cursive. Second of all, @ the idea that you don't have choice in public school.
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