Name: Eamon Flynn
Period: 6
Essay: Synthesis
FRQ Scoring: Q1 Synthesis, Q2 Rhetorical Analysis, Q3 Argument
Thesis: ___/ 1
Evidence & Commentary ___/ 4
Sophistication ___/ 1
When most people see kids learning in school, most people think of the kids learning English, math, science, reading, and social studies. No one thinks of cursive or writing classes. Handwriting and penmanship have been around for a long time. From carrier pigeons, to signing legal documents. Handwriting lessons in school have been a widely debated topic for a while. Although cursive classes do allow students to read cursive and improve literacy rates, cursive lessons take away from other subjects, are not needed in the future, and have been replaced by easier methods. Therefore cursive lessons are not beneficial.
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They are just a waste of time. Deb Fitzgerlb, a teacher at Van Schaick Elementary, told CBS Albany that she would rather use class time on other topics and move past the cursive lessons (Source A). So, even teachers who are meant to be teaching cursive, are getting tired of the lessons. They just want to move on. Additionally, Source E talks about how the author can’t believe 15 minutes of every school day went into cursive lessons as a kid. These lessons take up precious time in school ,which is what this source alludes to. Why not learn valuable information? I can guarantee that no college is going to only accept cursive-writing students. I remember when my school had these lessons. Source B provides a great example of the worksheets I did as a kid. Writing cursive on lines is not going to teach children! The children are just going to forget cursive after all this time spent teaching the lessons. These above examples show how cursive lessons just take away and waste the education of