I am greatly disturbed to find out that much of my education through the 6th grade is been for nuttin, cause they done gone and found new fangled ways to do things. For example, let us examine the discipline of phonics. I still use phonics when I am unsure about the spelling of some word(OK, OK, so I use spell check now), but I still admire phonics. Why was phonics so bad that they quit teaching it? Kids today think that Phonics is a city in Arizona.
In my day, two plus two equaled four.That is obviously not the case now because government accountants can do the same math when it comes to spending and they tell us that really, that two and two are only three, and that -never mind, that is a whole different subject.
Now, I read that cursive writing is on the way out. As a matter of fact,the so called "Common Core State Standards" do not include instruction in cursive. No, what we called "printing" and of course keyboarding are now the required teachings. Wow, is this not going backwards? I mean , really, printing was taught in kindergarten and the first grade, and then as we progressed, we were rewarded with being taught "real" writing,otherwise known as cursive. I got a boot up on some of the other kids in my grade because my mother taught my brother and I how to write,(cursive) long before we went to school. Cursive was a sign of accomplishment,a reward, and a sure sign that one had arrived. Now, we find out that it means nothing. By by cursive. You can teach any monkey to keyboard, but only a talented human can use a beautiful, flowing cursive handwriting. I guess that so called handwriting experts will be out of a job.
Anyway, I am so depressed to find out that my 6ht grade education can be flushed down the toilet.
You know, the cold weather is starting to get to me, Maybe I will just move to Phonics for the winter.
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Cedar: Let me start out with a great big HA! Great post!
Now the serious stuff. (ha!)2 = 2 =4? Ha! Now you tell me. I was in the, well lets just say special, class in math. It still shows. I get confused on the cost of an item even when I go to the Dollar Store!
Cursive? Ha! I recall actually 'winning the cursive challenge' in first grade. It was up to me to write some 'special' note. Well long story short, the task was quickly transferred to a (egad!) girl! I wasn't, clearly, one of the teacher's favorites.
Oh well, over the past couple of years I have gotten to the point where I can barely write at all. It is too slow and it frustrates me.
I guess I fit best in the 'monkey' category anyway! Ha!
GF, my handwriting was atrocious, I should have been a doctor. all of my teachers hated my writing. It is even worse now because my hands shake sometimes, but I believe it should still be the primary means of writing. PS, I can't type too well, either, so I guess that means the monkey is one up on me.
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