The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI've heard some schools are reintroducing it now, but that doesn't help those that never learned.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square353fedilinkarrow-up1569arrow-down140
arrow-up1529arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square353fedilink
minus-squareSocsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down6·1 year 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-down5·1 year 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-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down10·1 year agoIt’s an easy way to teach fine motor control.
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down5·edit-21 year agoRemoved by mod
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoOr disassembling electornics, which ice used way more than fucking cursive.
minus-squarestolid_agnostic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoIt really isn’t. Some people have a talent for it, most don’t.
minus-squareHiddenLayer5@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down7·edit-21 year agoBut why do children need to be required to learn it when there are more pressing skills that they need?
minus-squarestolid_agnostic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoWhy is penmanship anything that we care about now? Who writes things outside of notes?
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.
It’s an easy way to teach fine motor control.
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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.
Y’all don’t use whiteboards?
But why do children need to be required to learn it when there are more pressing skills that they need?
Why is penmanship anything that we care about now? Who writes things outside of notes?