Should Maths be taught in School ????

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Originally Posted by phesina

They've got to be kidding!

Handwriting is a skill that everyone should develop to the best of his or her ability. Typed abbreviated words will never be proper on, for instance, a wedding celebration card or a funeral condolence card, and I think that would be an insult ever to receive one like that.

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I disagree completely.

Cursive was just an irritation to me in school, never saw the reason behind it when I could print perfectly well.

Eliminating cursive does not mean eliminating the ability to communicate in print, it just means eliminating something from classroom time that has the same real world value as sentence diagrams.

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Originally Posted by Lady's Human

I disagree completely.

Cursive was just an irritation to me in school, never saw the reason behind it when I could print perfectly well.

Eliminating cursive does not mean eliminating the ability to communicate in print, it just means eliminating something from classroom time that has the same real world value as sentence diagrams.

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You have a right to disagree. If you found the practice boring that's your
hangup. Others may feel differently.

Sentence diagrams are a basic tool to learn the relationships between
words in the English language. Without that knowledge you ( the general
you) find it harder to express yourself well & be understood by other
people.

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Originally Posted by lizbud

You have a right to disagree. If you found the practice boring that's your
hangup. Others may feel differently.

Sentence diagrams are a basic tool to learn the relationships between
words in the English language. Without that knowledge you ( the general
you) find it harder to express yourself well & be understood by other
people.

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I didn't find it boring, I found it pointless.

the basic parts of speech and organizing your thoughts can be taught without spending hour after hour drawing the little lines and pulling apart sentences to state what is otherwise obvious.

Yeah, I got zeros on those homework assignments.

Needless to say, we're going to have to agree to disagree on this one, I can think of better ways to use those hours of classroom time, and kids can be taught the relationship between words without the tedium.