Does Fcps still teach cursive? I remember when I attend elementary school in FCPS I was taught how to read and write in cursive. Now days Children don't even write or read cursive. I was watching the Trail today and I noticed this girl doesn't read or write in cursive and shes 20 years old. What are the kids learning this days in our schools? They are not learning how to write in Cursive they are not learning history. What are they learning and where are our tax dollars being spend? I want to go help out in an elementary school just to check out if they are learning anything.

Yes. Just because you saw some shit on "the Trail" doesn't mean you should make generalizations and assumptions. Why the fuck are you watching TV in the middle of the day instead of working, "Tax Payer"?

I SAID trial

They are being taught to pass the SOL's. (Standard of Learning test).

It is so sad that FCPS has fallen so far. Seems if the children were taught all aspects then the SOL's would just fall into place. Stupid tests that mean nothing but dollars for the school system.

Between "No Child Left Behind" and "Standards of Learning" it is a wonder that any kids coming out of public schools can function even remotely in society.

Yep, because cursive is definitely the most important thing kids should learn. Give me a break.

I can't even remember the last time I wrote anything in cursive. Hell, I bet I can't even remember how to write some of the letters anymore. I'm 27 and learned how to write cursive when I was a child. When I took the SAT, there was a paragraph that had to be copied in cursive.

There's a lot more important things to be taught than how to write cursive.

Also, I agree that standardized testing is bologna and "teaching to the test" needs to end.

There is quite literally no good reason to teach kids cursive.

Except for he fact that most of the poor little f*ckers can't sign their own name nowadays. Oh well, I guess an "X" will do...

Only cursive isn't necessary for a signature and a signature by in large is useless. It might be required for various legal reasons but it's pretty pointless. You could probably sign 'penisdick' on checks, contracts, and anything else and it'd not affect a thing. Drawing pictures at the checkout line at grocery stores is a good example.

awaste Wrote:
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> There is quite literally no good reason to teach
> kids cursive.


There is quite literally no good reason for student government, cheerleading. high school athletics or band trips to the Rose Parade.

I was taught cursive in the second grade back at Pine Ridge, the usual hideously ugly Zaner-Bloser stuff all the Fairfax County schools with the stupid-looking and unnecessary curlicues and weird additions. My teachers from the third through sixth grades all required us to do all our assignments in cursive and wouldn't accept them otherwise. I switched back to printing as soon as I got to junior high, other than for my signature of course, and nowadays I'd struggle to write anything in cursive without it looking like a kid practicing his letters. I type just about everything.

When I took the bar exam, I printed in all capital letters for the greatest possible legibility!

I can still read it without any problem, of course.

This is what I recall them telling us we had to use, except the lowercase "c" had a little tab on the upper side. I remember my fifth-grade teacher telling me I was writing one of the letters wrong (I think the lowercase "r") and she was rather displeased when I showed her that it looked just like the one shown in the model letters all the classrooms had to have above the blackboard.




I mean, really, why the heck does the uppercase "U" or "M" or "N" need that stupid curly thing at the top left? Maybe that's part of why I always disliked cursive writing: It looks far too effeminate for my taste.

They still teach cursive in Russia and they don't waste time with school spirit.
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You would be surprised at the number of kids who can't write and that includes printing. Or do simple math. Fact is, technology is taking away even the most rudimentary functions of human beings.

Some day we won't even need to use our brains to think...

Damn, kids today are stupid as shit.

They watch movies. See earlier threads

awaste Wrote:
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> There is quite literally no good reason to teach
> kids cursive.

There have been many studies showing benefits to writing in cursive. In most English-speaking countries, people who can't write in cursive are considered illiterate.

Nope no cursive Wrote:
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> They watch movies. See earlier threads


And celebrate diversity. Don't forget that important part of each and every school day sunshine.

Who the fuck needs to know how to spell or read or do math when they have multicultural fairs and teachers spewing the vile of the left where US history is nothing more than a list of crimes and indictments of Western civilization and every mud person its victim, worthy of all of benefits of citizenship without ever actually having to go through the process.

But at least we're diverse. And tolerant. And cautioned in our language.

Tray von Martin Wrote:
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> Who the fuck needs to know how to spell or read or
> do math when they have multicultural fairs and
> teachers spewing the vile of the left where US
> history is nothing more than a list of crimes and
> indictments of Western civilization and every mud
> person its victim, worthy of all of benefits of
> citizenship without ever actually having to go
> through the process.

Some of the "mud people" as you call them have made accomplishments. Much of the history being taught now is almost propagandist. I was told that Teddy Roosevelt was a racist by a history professor. Also, if you read my argument with the Afro-Centric moron claiming the Egyptians were black, you'll see that the primary argument is "you're a racist."

Future Zombie Wrote:
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> You would be surprised at the number of kids who
> can't write and that includes printing. Or do
> simple math. Fact is, technology is taking away
> even the most rudimentary functions of human
> beings.
>
> Some day we won't even need to use our brains to
> think...


enough of this "technology is ruining us" bullshit, everyone still knows how to write in cursive, but it's fucking worthless, the "n" looks like a god damn "m" for starters, its fucking retarded, and so are you for posting this bullshit "the kids are doomed" post. shove your rudimentary stick further up your ass, faggot. when is the last time you wrote a fucking letter, let alone in cursive

enough Wrote:
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> enough of this "technology is ruining us"
> bullshit, everyone still knows how to write in
> cursive, but it's fucking worthless, the "n" looks
> like a god damn "m" for starters, its fucking
> retarded, and so are you for posting this bullshit
> "the kids are doomed" post. shove your rudimentary
> stick further up your ass, faggot. when is the
> last time you wrote a fucking letter, let alone in
> cursive

So basically, you can't do anything without the aid of a calculator, a computer, or your phone/tablet. Got it.

Whatever.

That cursive Z is the biggest pain in the ass. That letter made me give up writing that shit in third grade. No need for all those curls and loops

If it wasnt for the cash register doing the math no fast food cashier could ever make change. And I am talking about the American kids not the illegals who actually seem to be able to handle it with a breeze.

To answer the OP :
Yes. Cursive is introduced in 2nd grade and continues in 3rd and 4th. It's not an SOL, but is part of the County's Program of Studies.

enough Wrote:
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> but it's fucking worthless, the "n" looks
> like a god damn "m" for starters, its fucking
> retarded

truth

I'M A FIVE-STAR MAN!!

they can't- function in society, SOLS and NCLB, worse thing to ever happen to education, thanks Mr Bush

get your head out of your ass Wrote:
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> Yes. Just because you saw some shit on "the Trail"
> doesn't mean you should make generalizations and
> assumptions. Why the fuck are you watching TV in
> the middle of the day instead of working, "Tax
> Payer"?


I work from 3pm-midnight 5 days a week. :) thanks forr worrying about my Income.

The reason you can't tell an "n" from an "m" is two fold.
a. You can't read
B. Kids can't write

I don;t think it means being doomed if technology takes over. I prefer the time it gives me to do other stuff like post on this forum. So there.

Cash McCall Wrote:
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> If it wasnt for the cash register doing the math
> no fast food cashier could ever make change. And I
> am talking about the American kids not the
> illegals who actually seem to be able to handle it
> with a breeze.

Our students are never trained to do math without a calculator past the 5th grade. In other countries, the students are.

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