Does anyone teach cursive anymore? We always have in the third grade curriculum in our district, and I guess I just thought it was continued through the years just as review. Evidently not! I don't feel like I have enough time to devote to it, but I wish I could spend as much time as my third grade teacher did. She was so patient and methodical with cursive. I LOVED watching her write it on the board. There was something very calming and developmental about producing cursive when I was 8 or 9. I just think it's important. Unfortunately, I am as busy as the rest of the teachers in America, and I'm afraid it's slipping away, like a lost art.
I recently heard that kids had to write in cursive on the SAT. That gave me a little hope that if someone put it on a test, then it would become important once again. That seems to be where all important things exist…on a test (no bitterness detected, right?!)
Here is what I found out:
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| Evidently, you just have to write a statement to ensure it is your writing on the test and that you have not cheated. (exerpt taken from http://www.examiner.com/article/cursive-now-required-on-the-psat-and-sat) |
