...decades ago, cursive writing has a famed and legendary past. It was once a vital element of American education but is now becoming an archaic artefact as technology advancement and the requirement of more regulated tests push it out of the education system. Cursive writing should be scrapped out of the education system for there is no need of wasting time and resources to continue teaching a skill that won’t be beneficial to the students in the near future. For many students in America, cursive writing is as foreign as the hieroglyphics of the ancient Egypt. In most colleges and universities, more students are increasingly using tablet computers and laptops to take notes rather than the old adage of using pen and paper. With the changes in technology, handwritten letters are rare to come by. Most people have changed with the dynamics of technology. Most communication is done using email, Skype and Facebook as opposed to manual letter writing. Just like calligraphy, cursive is unnecessary. Writing is seen as a means of communicating. Technically talking, we are past the times of physical writing as an art. Whatever can be created by a pen, a computer can recreate it much better. Welcome to the world of technology. If it can be printed then it can be communicated in the penned form. The argument that cursive writing aids in refining the motor skills of students is completely untrue. There is no much difference between cursive and printing. In cursive as well as printing...
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...In my experience, cursive writing is a form of writing that some people still use today. Sometimes people or teachers that I know they still write in cursive. Some words I can't read and some of them are confusing to read. In my opinion, I think that cursive should still be taut today in modern day society. First of all, cursive is a good way for young brains to grow. According to the article, Cursive Pros and Cons, it says, "learning cursive helps young brains grow more than basic printing does". Also, in the article, Pros and Cons of Cursive Writing, "Students can gain a practical life skill that is becoming a lost art". Second of all, reading and learning cursive, can form something called "Functional Specialization" According to the...
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...Cursive Remember learning in third grade then both of the parts of were connected but now not as much .When you write in cursive it connects both the sides of your brain that makes path ways which will in enhances your learning. Three years ago I was in third grade that is when I learned cursive and I loved it. Literacy is 50% of writing and if we do not write in cursive how are we supposed to make that up. Writing in cursive helps with motor skills, to connect the brain and lastly reading legal documents. In my opinion cursive still should be in schools but some people may say that cursive takes time but it really does not. First of all cursive helps with fine motor skills. They also help with writing longer sentences also helps with the size of the letters. Kids that learn cursive will be able to work with older people. When you learn cursive you will know something that most people do not know. This form of writing should have been gone a long time ago but it is still hear. Cursive helps with dyslexia which is part of fine motor skills....
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...My Opinion On Cursive Writing Some would say that cursive writing is no longer important in our society today ; I disagree , even though cursive writing was taken out of schools in 2010 it is still a useful tool that should be taught in every school . We use cursive to write important letters or to sign an important document , but did you also know that cursive writing allows you to remember ideas and notes that you have written better than if you wouldve typed or wrote in print ? Cursive writing also effects the brain , medical brain scans have shown that cursive writing helps your fine motor skill development and stimulates both sides of your brain . Cursive writing also can reduce the effects of brain injury or brain weakness such...
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...Have you ever gotten a note from your grandparents? With each word letters connected? Well that is called cursive writing. In my opinion cursive writing should still be taught in schools today. To begin with, cursive writing should still be taught in schools today because. In college students will be able to take notes faster instead of printing notes. Printing notes requires a lot of raising and lowering the pen or pencil point, for each letter which slows you down. On the other hand, with cursive you only must raise and lower your pencil or pen, at the beginning and end of each word. Witch is quicker, easier, and is less time-consuming when taking notes, or while writing an essay for a class. As adult's students can sign their names as...
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...Should cursive writing be teached in the 21st century? In my opinion, I think yes, cursive writing should be teached. I think cursive writing is important because not everything is typed. Handwriting is a beneficial factor for your brain and your penmanship. Signatures are needed for a vary of documents, knowing cursive will give you a better stance for signing checks, social securities, bank card etc. Now a days, most paper work and documents are proccessed through technology. However, they are many documents and paper work that need to be writen by hand. From my learnings, the goverment does most of it's confidential paper work by hand because computers and other devices alike can be hacked, but not all teachers do all of the work by typing....
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...How cursive writing affects brain development: Although some schools spend little time on cursive handwriting lessons, studies show a connection between writing and brain development. Many would agree with first-century Roman writer Quintilianus that too slow a hand impedes the mind, However, modern education professionals seem to believe that promoting keyboard fluency will help as much to develop the minds of their students as traditional handwriting lessons once did. While students do need to be digitally competent to succeed, teachers need to continue to teach cursive handwriting according to much of the knowledge will poorly processed and inadequately learned. Cursive writing and the brain: “Theres some pretty powerful evidence of changes in the brain that occurs as a result of...
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...Patnaik, Bhupendra Kumar Abstract -- Character recognition is one of the most interesting and challenging research areas in the field of Image processing. English character recognition has been extensively studied in the last half century. Nowadays different methodologies are in widespread use for character recognition. Document verification, digital library, reading bank deposit slips, reading postal addresses, extracting information from cheques, data entry, applications for credit cards, health insurance, loans, tax forms etc. are application areas of digital document processing. This paper gives an overview of research work carried out for recognition of hand written English letters. In Hand written text there is no constraint on the writing style. Hand written letters are difficult to recognize due to diverse human handwriting style, variation in angle, size and shape of letters. Various approaches of hand written character recognition are discussed here along with their performance. Fig 1.Major Steps of an OCR System Index Terms— Offline Hand written Character Recognition, Pre-Processing, Feature Extraction, Classification, Post Processing. I. INTRODUCTION Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is one of the most fascinating and challenging areas of pattern recognition with various practical applications. It can contribute immensely to the advancement of an automation process and can improve the interface between man and machine. It is the mechanism to convert machine printed...
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...Should schools keep cursive or should it die? Cursive writing improves brain developments! Keeping cursive writing preserves the history of cursive. But if you want cursive to die then their is a down side. Schools should keep cursive because it helps brain memory and participation. Cursive is a long-held cultural tradition in this country and should continue to be taught. Jimmy Bryant said,“We need to teach cursive to school children to preserve that history.” Cursive writing can help kids in school and when they are in public. The reason for this is because if they go to sign a paper or something and it has to be cursive it would take hours to do. We need cursive in schools. Also, Jimmy Bryant said,”As an archivist, I see many beautiful letters that were written in Cursive.” Therefore, I think myself that cursive writing is more readable sometimes than regular print. Finally, Jimmy Bryant likes cursive (so do I) writing better than print. He wants cursive to stay!...
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...Why Cursive should be manditory in schools Cursive has been the signature of people for years, but in 2010, the Common Core Standards for learning stopped the teaching of cursive in school. I believe that cursive should be taught in school for a number of reasons, being physical and mental. Cursive is good for the mind, giving people a stronger brain, and identifies disorders people have. Cursive is good for the mind. It teaches you fine motor-skill development and uses both the left and right side of the brain. Typing require individual, not connected movements. However, Digital media has swept over and has made this motor-skill become useless. Cursive gives people a stronger brain. It allows students to remember ideas...
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...Should students be taught cursive? This topic has been a big debate in some schools. A reason why students shouldn’t be taught is that it could be really difficult for some teachers and adults trying to teach it. A reason we should teach cursive is that it is very important not only in classrooms, but in the real world because you have to sign your name on checks and other things. Cursive writing has been taught for many years and it is a tradition in this country. Jimmy Bryant said that it should not be taught for fun, but for the sake of our country. Jimmy Bryant also said that we need to teach cursive to students to preserve this history. Many of the letters we use in cursive are at least 50 years old! Cursive writing being taught will...
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...The rapid changes in technology over the last 75 years have created enormous opportunities for education. While some technologies such as the computer were adopted early on, a reluctance to embrace change coupled with a lack of funding has resulted in a continuing dependence on chalkboards and other anachronistic technologies. The extent to which schools adopt new technologies, not surprisingly, often depends on how well they’re funded. It isn’t uncommon for schools that are separated by very little physical distance to be at opposite ends of the technology gap. Many folks familiar with this scenario understand the inherent lack of fairness in the disparate funding of schools. What many people don’t understand however is that it also threatens the uniquely American ideals of democracy and equality. One of the bedrocks of our democracy is the idea that we’re governed by the electoral choices of a well-informed citizenry. Having equal access to a decent education is the assumption that underlies this premise. But the ways in which rapid advances in technology are adopted have both positive and negative implications for schools and for broader society in general. Preparing For The Workforce One of the most positive results of schools embracing new technologies is found when low-income students gain skills they otherwise wouldn’t. The ability to type, use email and execute basic computer functions like Word and Excel are imperative in today’s workforce. When students who...
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...of their fine motor time on paper and pencil activities. The addition of handwritten components to many state standardized assessments and of a handwritten essay to the College Board SAT in 2005 further emphasize the importance of handwriting. Furthermore, good handwriting is important long after graduation. In Script and Scribble (2009), Florey writes in reference to handwritten job applications, “Like it or not, even in our machine-driven world, people still judge you by your handwriting.” Research literature extensively documents the consequences of poor handwriting on early literacy and academic performance. Children who experience difficulty mastering this skill [handwriting] may avoid writing and decide that they cannot write, leading to arrested writing development (Graham, Harris and Fink, 2000). Handwriting is critical to the production of creative and well- written text (Graham & Harris, 2005) affecting both fluency and the quality of the composition. Illegible handwriting also has secondary effects on school achievement and self-esteem (Engel-Yeger, Nagakur - Yanuv & Rosenblum, 2009; Malloy- Miller, Polatajko & Anstett, 1995). Handwriting instruction must adhere to developmental principles to ensure...
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...When I was in third grade, I remember learning how to write in cursive. At this point of time cursive was being taught in school. My mom would buy the practice workbooks for writing in cursive. Another literacy experience I remember is learning my multiplication. At school, we would sing songs, solve on paper and they would also time us on how many multiplication problems we can answer in a certain amount of time. Lastly, another literacy experience I remember is learning how to write an essay. I believe I learned how to write an essay in middle school. Learning how to write an essay was helpful because you would be continuing to write essays in high school and in college. I was happy that I learned how to write in cursive because it became helpful for me later on. In fourth grade, I moved back to New Orleans and started to go to school down there. In New Orleans after third grade you cannot write in print. I use to have to write everything the teacher put on the board. I didn’t have a problem writing everything in cursive though my hand would start hurting. Then eventually I moved to Florida with my aunt and my cousins. Sometimes I felt like I was a step ahead of everybody because people my age didn’t know how to write in cursive. Some of them were never taught to write in cursive. Even though many people didn’t know cursive too well I was...
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...order to do away with cursive writing? Introduction During the time I spend in the classroom with the students, they are focused on station work. I have not had the chance to sit through a teacher taught lesson, but I have seen the interactions between the Ms. Viderman and her students. Throughout their stations, she will develop questions to push the students further than their initial understanding. Due to this timing, I have also developed...
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