https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph Made by Keylee and Jonathon en-us 2019-09-05 18:59:21 UTC 2026-02-25 07:04:53 UTC hello@padlet.com d00385583 https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/380718614 Should cursive still be taught in school?]]> 2019-09-06 01:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/380718614 ali_larsen https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381071520 I think it should be taught. I believe that if it isn't it may prove to be one of those funny gaps in your knowledge as an adult (for example, I can't whistle and never bothered to learn how to spell long version of veggies the right way.) Concordia University--Portland has several reasons they think why it should be taught: 
- It helps develop motor skills
- It reinforces learning
- It's used when working with legal documents
- Helps kids with disabilities
- It's a lost art form
- Connects students to the past 
- Alicia Larsen]]> 2019-09-06 18:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381071520 melinda_major https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381122789 I think cursive should still be taught. I personally love writing in cursive and hope to teach it to students one day. Some of the benefits to learning cursive are:
- It contributes to brain development.
- Students are more likely to retain what they are writing,
- It helps students with fine motor skills.
*Melinda Major*]]> 2019-09-06 21:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381122789 addison_solt https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381152817 2019-09-07 02:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381152817 addison_solt https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381152820 Personally, I believe that cursive is unnecessary in school and in life right now. Everything in our world is going digital, therefore things are typed on the keyboard. Even people's signatures are typed on an iPad or keyboard and then pulled up in a cursive font. I think that if a parent would like their student to know how to do their name then they can teach them at home. As the attached source says, schools are teaching things in life that are essential and cursive is not essential anymore. 
-Addison Solt]]> 2019-09-07 02:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381152820 d00353334 https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381163001 I think that cursive should not be taught anymore. I personally was never taught it in class because it wasn't my teachers favorite thing to go over. I think the wold today is moving in such a different direction that there is just no use for it today. - Madison Baxter]]> 2019-09-07 04:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381163001 d00380874 https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381258771 Cursive is becoming more obsolete as time goes on due to new technologies arising. Cursive has just simply become out dated.
-Allison Hartley]]> 2019-09-08 02:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381258771 tondrea_jackson https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381261912 is important for many reasons ...
1. Development of fine motor skill
2. Allows time for quiet meditation that typing electronically doesn't offer.
3. Bridges the gap to the past. The older generation did not live for electronics like today. A student can read grandpa's letters and old documents.
4. Writing helps the brain.]]> 2019-09-08 03:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381261912 ashtonbowlervvhs https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381263828 I feel as though this is a hard topic to know a right or wrong answer because a lot of it is based on opinion; however, studies have shown that there are numerous learning benefits to students being taught cursive and I believe it should be taught in schools.
- Ashton Bowler ]]> 2019-09-08 04:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/d00385583/ibg4t5i4okph/wish/381263828