Penmanship Essays

From the founding of the United States of America, penmanship has been a highly regarded virtue. This can be seen in historical documents, such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, through more modern times when samples of cursive were left on a plaque affixed to the moon’s surface in 1969 (Carpenter). However, recent changes in the national curriculum standards have seen a move away from this emphasis on good handwriting. The current standards, also known as the Common Core State

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

At an early age, my elementary school, St.Timothy, forced my classmates and me to do extensive exercises in cursive writing. The exercises in question came from a red book that read the title "Cursive Writing." It featured over sixty pages of exercises and each exercise involved writing the same alphabetical letter over three letter pages. There were even bonus exercises that involved using the learned cursive words in sentences or paragraphs, and these bonus exercises were given as extra credit

Cursive Writing in Elementary Schools As technology becomes more prevalent in our society, we often see older traditions dying out. Classic chalkboards are replaced with high-tech Smart Boards, handwritten letters replaced by a Facebook message. It’s normal for the human race to evolve to bigger and better things, but there are some traditions so valuable they must be preserved through the generations. Cursive writing is one of those traditions, and yet some believe elementary schools shouldn’t

Learning reading and writing in schools is the first step to developing fine motor skills in children. Thus, being said, the education system seems to always change what should and should not be taught in schools. Cursive and handwriting instruction is one topic in particular that is argued about and if it should still be taught in schools. People believe that technology is now the new way of learning in schools and writing on paper is deemed to be unnecessary. If schools stop teaching using writing

Should cursive writing be a required skill for high school graduation? In my oppinion, yes, it should be required. There are many reasons behind this, but I will list only a few. These reasons being brain excercise, memory devolopment, and hand eye coordination. Lets start with brain excercise, cursive writing has been proven to work parts of the human brain that typing or printing does not. For example, there have been cases wehre a person has sustained a serious head injury and can no longer

THESIS: Even though many value the skill as important for efficiency and brain development, cursive should not be taught in elementary schools or above, because print develops the brain with similar efficiency, cursive is no longer necessary for most jobs, and learning cursive wastes time which could be spent learning more valuable skills such as keyboarding or computer programming.  The Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the U.S. Bill of Rights were all written in cursive. These

The biggest controversy to take place in the world of penmanship is happening right now. The Common Core education standards decided that cursive will no longer be taught in elementary schools. Reading and writing are fundamental to learning. But as more kids read and write via some sort of computing device i.e. laptop, tablet, and cellphone. How we teach those skills is changing, and one significant change is the decision to teach cursive. When it comes to equipping students with “21st century

Cursive was taught to older generations and are very vivid to them, now if it is vivid to the old generations how is it going for the newer generations. In the online excerpt “Handwriting Matters; Cursive Doesn’t” by Kate Gladstone argues about how people don’t need cursive but, the need handwriting. In the other online excerpt Benefits of “Cursive Go Beyond Writing”, by Suzanne Baruch tells about how people need cursive and how it is important. In the video “Write stuff”, by NBC Nightly News talks

uestion this passage begs, is should we switch to notebooks? It is an easy yes for me because I prefer to write on paper anyways. In my opinion, writing things down on paper is much easier than typing them. Studies have shown that writing things down help you retain knowledge which is why students who write things down get better grades than students who type. I feel like writing is better in almost every way compared to typing. One of the reasons I think writing things down is better than typing

Theodor “Ted” Seuss Geisel is a popular authors that’s better known as Dr. Seuss. He did not really have an easy start to his career, which is probably because of his simple writing style. His career started as an editor for high school humor magazine (About Dr. Seuss). That’s probably nothing serious but, it most likely shaped his career. Later on in his life Dr. Seuss eventually became an artist after noticing that being a literature professor was not for him (About Dr. Seuss). In the prime of

Though the world is becoming dependent on technology, are we becoming overly dependent? Cursive writing is an important writing skill that should be taught in schools, that is on the edge of becoming extinct. At least 41 states in the United States don’t require public schools to teach cursive anymore. This will greatly affect students because not everything is capable of being done on the computer. Even though technology is a great agricultural advancement cursive writing is still a beneficial tool

Writing in cursive, which uses continuous, flowing characters, is a common way to write more quickly. Cursive handwriting has just been dropped from the required curriculum, despite the fact that handwriting has long been taught in schools. Studies suggest that mastering cursive increases understanding and memory, and many teachers support its selective instruction in classrooms. Despite the teachers' objections, cursive was eliminated from grades K–12. As a result, we must make the most of the chances

As technology becomes more prevalent in today’s society, more students find themselves writing on keyboards than on pen and paper. More so, many teachers nationwide debate the usefulness of continuing to teach handwriting in class. While utilizing technology has advantages for students nowadays, the ability for students to physically print is still imperative to their ability of cognitive motor skills and create effective ideas. Forming intellectual thoughts and creating propositions allows individuals

“When children are exposed to cursive handwriting, changes occur in their brains that allows a child to overcome motor challenges” -Dr. David Sortino psychologist and current director of Education Strategies (3). On average a child in the United States learns cursive in the third or fourth grade. Generally as one grows up they only use cursive to sign their name if even that. Yet cursive is a vital learning tool that needs to continue being taught in schools. First of all it is an absolute necessity

Today, 41 states around the United States no longer teach students to write in cursive. Some schools have gotten to the point where printed handwriting is no longer taught and technology is the primary source. In my opinion, cursive writing should still be instructed in schools today. Being able to write in cursive is a practical life skill that provides people with an abundance of opportunities. In addition, numerous documents from our World’s history are written in cursive and a copious amount

Imagine what life would be without cursive writing? First of all, handwriting is 50% of literacy. Furthermore, it has more literature and writes notes faster. Most importantly, it makes our brain cooperate with each other and keeps are brain in shape. In my opinion, I strongly believe that cursive writing should still be taught today. First of all, hand writing is 50% of literacy. In addition when they grow up they have to sign a signature for bills and even for checks. Next, it could affect your

I remember walking down my elementary school’s hallway, looking at the fifth grader’s projects, hanging on the wall all beautiful in cursive writing. It looked nice but even in third grade I was dreading having to write that much in cursive. I was wondering if I could run away and live in the woods, you didn’t need to write anything in the woods. Thankfully I did not need to run away because just two short years later cursive was already obsolete, little did I know what a travesty this was. Children

Cursive Writing Should be Taught in Schools Although cursive writing may not be as popular today as it used to be, it has been around for an extended period of time, all the way back to the 17th Century. Cursive was more widely used back in the day, although writing in print and using technology has began to replace this. Many people find it more convenient to just learn and use print writing, rather than learning cursive writing as well. Many people additionally find it more convenient just to type

Anne Trubek, a writer for the New York Times, published an article entitled “Handwriting Just Doesn’t Matter” on August 20, 2016. In this article, Anne discusses the differences between handwriting and typing and how they affect children’s intelligence. After Common Core was enforced, the use of handwriting was no longer as relevant because children are now being taught typing skills. Even though students are still learning how to write, they are only being taught print not cursive. Typing is becoming