"Are you kidding me?" / Facepalm Thread.

[Ericpwp]

Second grade. We were not allowed to right our name in cursive until we got to both of our initials in uppercase.

 

[JettaKnight]

Meh.

Cursive servers one purpose only - to make writing faster. And who really needs to write fast anymore? It'd be far more useful to spend that time learning to type properly.


If the teacher says print your name, you print your name. INGO loves to complain about disrespectful kids, at least until there's a teacher we can pick on.

 

[Ericpwp]

Life would have been so much easier if we learned to type before they tried to teach us programing.

 

[spencer rifle]

Oh, our kids are already learning typing, even the very young ones. They're all just learning it wrong. And that will impede their efforts in the future.

 

[BogWalker]

Pretty good cursive for a second grader IMHO.

 

[TopDog]

Meh.

Cursive servers one purpose only - to make writing faster. And who really needs to write fast anymore? It'd be far more useful to spend that time learning to type properly.


If the teacher says print your name, you print your name. INGO loves to complain about disrespectful kids, at least until there's a teacher we can pick on.

It is a skill. Loseing a skill brings you one step closer to being a democrat.

 

[JettaKnight]

It is a skill. Loseing a skill brings you one step closer to being a democrat.

A skill? Like spelling?


You can't lose a skill if you never possessed it. Writing in cursive is outmoded as is horseback riding, spinning yarn and adjusting points in an automobile.

 

[spencer rifle]

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - Robert Heinlein

He could also add "write in cursive."

 

[eldirector]

Meh....

My kiddo is expected to print her name neatly at the top of her homework. Part of school is learning to follow instructions.

 

[TopDog]

A skill? Like spelling?


You can't lose a skill if you never possessed it. Writing in cursive is outmoded as is horseback riding, spinning yarn and adjusting points in an automobile.

Ha ha, spelling, right. But I think you got the geist of what I was getting at.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Unless we're talking approaching lightspeed, I have it on pretty good authority we're aging at the exact same rate.

Latinos age slower than other ethnic groups, UCLA study says | abc7.com

 

[BogWalker]

Unless we're talking approaching lightspeed, I have it on pretty good authority we're aging at the exact same rate.

Latinos age slower than other ethnic groups, UCLA study says | abc7.com

Sounds like slower rate of metabolic processes. Their cells show signs of age slower. Like how some people mature at different rates.

Not at all farfetched or unbelievable. Different ethnic groups have different rates of average maturation. Makes sense that difference in aging could extend to later in life.

 

[printcraft]

 

[eldirector]

Take a siesta and live longer....

 

[ArcadiaGP]

CNN have a Freudian slip?

CNN headline makes blacks and felons synonymous | TheHill

Here's the CNN headline: Trump wants GOP to court black voters — then slams voting rights for felons

 

[HoughMade]

CNN have a Freudian slip?

CNN headline makes blacks and felons synonymous | TheHill

Here's the CNN headline: Trump wants GOP to court black voters — then slams voting rights for felons

Freudian slip, maybe...whatever.

What I can tell you is that for some reason, there are prominent voices who claim to speak for the African-American community who see the felon suffrage issue as a black suffrage issue.

 

[actaeon277]

Two Charged With Neglect After Leaving Children in Car at Casino - The Northwest Indiana Gazette

 

[printcraft]

They gambled nobody would find out......

 

[actaeon277]

They gambled nobody would find out......

 

[daddyusmaximus]

Teachers at school directed to stop addressing students as ‘boys and girls’ | KOB.com