The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoI've heard some schools are reintroducing it now, but that doesn't help those that never learned.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square293fedilinkarrow-up1557arrow-down138
arrow-up1519arrow-down1imageI've heard some schools are reintroducing it now, but that doesn't help those that never learned.startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square293fedilink
minus-squareSocsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down6·2 years agoTo be fair, it’s trivially easy to learn cursive and it’s basically always been an extension of penmanship.
minus-squarenxdefiant@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down5·2 years agoI’ve never been in a situation where penmanship mattered. Typing skills on the other hand are abysmal across the board and hamper my coworkers constantly.
minus-squareSocsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoY’all don’t use whiteboards?
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down10·2 years agoIt’s an easy way to teach fine motor control.
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoRemoved by mod
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoOr disassembling electornics, which ice used way more than fucking cursive.
minus-squarestolid_agnostic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 years agoIt really isn’t. Some people have a talent for it, most don’t.
minus-squarestolid_agnostic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoWhy is penmanship anything that we care about now? Who writes things outside of notes?
minus-squareMarxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down6·edit-22 years agoBut why do children need to be required to learn it when there are more pressing skills that they need?
To be fair, it’s trivially easy to learn cursive and it’s basically always been an extension of penmanship.
I’ve never been in a situation where penmanship mattered. Typing skills on the other hand are abysmal across the board and hamper my coworkers constantly.
Y’all don’t use whiteboards?
It’s an easy way to teach fine motor control.
Removed by mod
Or disassembling electornics, which ice used way more than fucking cursive.
It really isn’t. Some people have a talent for it, most don’t.
Why is penmanship anything that we care about now? Who writes things outside of notes?
But why do children need to be required to learn it when there are more pressing skills that they need?