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Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I just don't see the point? I had to learn cursive in elementary and haven't used it at all since then. There has to be more valuable things these kids could be learning.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

The point is the culture war. Populism. "Reverting to a better yesterday." Fascism, writ tiny.

It's clever, no one can really object to it like they can to removing things from the curriculum. But it serves the same purpose as whipping up anger over sex ed or CRT, just low key.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It can be useful to learn for the purpose of knowing how to read it. There's still a large population of cursive writers about. I doubt cursive usage will grow anymore, even teaching it, as everything is computer based these days.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Seriously? Even doctors don't write scripts anymore, its all electronic, and far fewer errors are made because of that.

Cursive is an art, and there is nothing wrong with but it has no practical purpose in today's world.

Learning to read and write(printing and typing) are valuable skills but specifically learning cursive is not.

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