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If we're going to use precious classroom time to teach an extra writing system, it might as well be Teeline shorthand. Basic Teeline isn't much more difficult t
by jdietrich 10y ago
If we're going to use precious classroom time to teach an extra writing system, it might as well be Teeline shorthand. Basic Teeline isn't much more difficult to learn than cursive, but it's drastically faster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeline_Shorthand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeline_Shorthand
- CamperBob2 10y agoTeaching handwriting to kids who haven't yet learned keyboarding (or any number of more useful skills) is pretty far up there on the list of the dumbest things ever. Not at #1, or even especially close, but pretty far up there.
- adrusi 10y agoI don't know if the kind of dexterity needed to write can be learned as reliably at an older age. Its also a useful skill for operating in an child's environment you can write a story and draw an illustration for it when you use paper, that's much harder (and not as fun) for a six year old to do on a computer
- CamperBob2 10y agoPoint being, they don't need it at all. They can always print. Cursive writing is a perfectly fine hobby. But make no mistake, that's all it is. It will never again be important as a means of communication or creative expression. As such, it doesn't have a place in primary education where resources and classroom time are always limited.
- jdietrich 10y agoIf you can learn ophthalmic surgery or diamond setting as an adult, you can certainly learn cursive.