You believed what!?!? for way to long...

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#77
hog88 said:
It should be taught but the only time I use it now is when writing a check.
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And now most everything is automated with payments made directly from accounts without writing checks, and deposits made either directly or through apps. I write perhaps two checks a year, and can't remember the last time I've needed to order more check books.

Gramps said:
This is how I discovered it was not being taught in our schools. I have a grandson in the 5th grade, honor roll student,. He was asking for a candy bar one day , some kind I had never heard of. He went to candy rack and came back with one one these.

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I told him what it was and laughed because it was a simple little word.. It hurt his feelings and said he could not read cursive. The school had not taught him to write. I really felt sorry for him. He is now being taught cursive at home. The school has started teaching it again this year in the third grade.

There are many reasons that children should be taught cursive. In addition to being able to read the name of a candy bar we have some very important historical documents that were written in cursive. A child should be taught how to actually read them, if they choose to. I think things like that are important
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So other than being able read a candy bar label, the only other reason you offer for teaching cursive is to be able to read historical documents... even though all of those documents are readily available in printed text. The fact remains that cursive was created to allow people to write faster and easier without having to lift a quill pen so as not to leave smudges. Technology has advanced and so should we... cursive is no longer necessary. Not to mention, there is a large percentage of people who may still use cursive today but their handwriting isn't even legible to most (think of signatures, etc.)

If the primary purpose for learning cursive is to be able to read historical documents, then perhaps we should include Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphs as well. I enjoy the art of writing in cursive as much as anyone, but in actuality it just doesn't serve any real purpose in today's world.
 
#78
#78
IBlvNTmWrk said:
And now most everything is automated with payments made directly from accounts without writing checks, and deposits made either directly or through apps. I write perhaps two checks a year, and can't remember the last time I've needed to order more check books.



So other than being able read a candy bar label, the only other reason you offer for teaching cursive is to be able to read historical documents... even though all of those documents are readily available in printed text. The fact remains that cursive was created to allow people to write faster and easier without having to lift a quill pen so as not to leave smudges. Technology has advanced and so should we... cursive is no longer necessary. Not to mention, there is a large percentage of people who may still use cursive today but their handwriting isn't even legible to most (think of signatures, etc.)

If the primary purpose for learning cursive is to be able to read historical documents, then perhaps we should include Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphs as well. I enjoy the art of writing in cursive as much as anyone, but in actuality it just doesn't serve any real purpose in today's world.
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Just curious, does everyone sign their name in cursive when you write your signature? (i.e. when you swipe your credit card)
 
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#80
Danl said:
Just curious, does everyone sign their name in cursive when you write your signature? (i.e. when you swipe your credit card)
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I just make swigly lines that kinda look like the letters in my name.

Honestly though I grew up a military brat and never learned cursive. One school taught it in 3rd grade (school A), and the other in 2nd grade (school B). I moved from school A to school B after 2nd grade.

My mom eventually taught me, but I have such horrid handwriting I never got good at it.
 
#83
#83
When I was young, my older cousin that was like a brother to me, talked about going "coon hunting." I thought there was a specific animal called a coon.

I was probably in my twenties when I realized he was talking about raccoons...and I got really mad! They are so cute and adorable...how could anyone kill one?

:p
 
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utvolgirl said:
When I was young, my older cousin that was like a brother to me, talked about going "coon hunting." I thought there was a specific animal called a coon.

I was probably in my twenties when I realized he was talking about raccoons...and I got really mad! They are so cute and adorable...how could anyone kill one?

:p
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A shotgun works well
 
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#85
utvolgirl said:
When I was young, my older cousin that was like a brother to me, talked about going "coon hunting." I thought there was a specific animal called a coon.

I was probably in my twenties when I realized he was talking about raccoons...and I got really mad! They are so cute and adorable...how could anyone kill one?

:p
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He ever take you snipe hunting?
 
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#87
utvolgirl said:
No, I've never been hunting. Don't think I could pull the trigger on any animal. Maybe a rat, but that's a different story.
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Snipes are nastier than rats and you don't have to shoot them. You carry a bag and some sticks and they'll jump in the bag if you do the noise right.
 
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YorkVol said:
Snipes are nastier than rats and you don't have to shoot them. You carry a bag and some sticks and they'll jump in the bag if you do the noise right.
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Yeah, you do catch and release with snipes. Ask him to take you some time.
 
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#92
I was about 6 or 7 when I asked my pediatrician if Viagra was right for me, just following the instructions of the incessant commercials.

I also surmised that the only function of my testicles was to hold extra pee when my bladder became overwhelmed.

I was 3 when I asked my mother if she remembered when she ate me. Bewildered, she replied that she never ate me. Equally confused, I wondered aloud how I came out of her if she never ate me as I knew I came out of her body and anything that comes out must have gone in first. Of course she countered with the whole virgin mary "I prayed and god put you there." Hell at least I was always told Santa Claus was fake.

To this day she regrets not saying yes to see what my next inquiry would be, which I can only assume to have been, "What did I taste like?"
 
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Deputy Fife said:
I also surmised that the only function of my testicles was to hold extra pee when my bladder became overwhelmed.
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In elementary school, a common tale among us boys was if you waited too long too pee, your testicles would explode because they could hold no more. That worked a good while until one us finally asked aloud "If they hold pee why don't they get bigger the more you have to go?"

Then picture about 6 boys all with perplexed looks on their faces.
 
#96
#96
Whenever they did the tomahawk chop at a Braves game my parents told me there were actual native Americans beating the drums and I used to look up at the top of the stadium to find them.
 
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#97
Deputy Fife said:
I was about 6 or 7 when I asked my pediatrician if Viagra was right for me, just following the instructions of the incessant commercials.

I also surmised that the only function of my testicles was to hold extra pee when my bladder became overwhelmed.

I was 3 when I asked my mother if she remembered when she ate me. Bewildered, she replied that she never ate me. Equally confused, I wondered aloud how I came out of her if she never ate me as I knew I came out of her body and anything that comes out must have gone in first. Of course she countered with the whole virgin mary "I prayed and god put you there." Hell at least I was always told Santa Claus was fake.

To this day she regrets not saying yes to see what my next inquiry would be, which I can only assume to have been, "What did I taste like?"
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That's hilarious!
 
#99
#99
When I was little I suspected that I might be in a Truman Show type situation. That was long before the movie.
 
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