tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post191176375687743520..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: In Defense of Cursive WritingJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-78049428599888523782013-08-23T04:52:11.082-04:002013-08-23T04:52:11.082-04:00Useful information shared..I am very happy to read...Useful information shared..I am very happy to read this article..Thanks for giving us nice info. Fantastic walk-through. I appreciate this post. <br />---------<br /><a href="http://www.writerightindia.com/handwriting_improvement.html" rel="nofollow"> handwriting repair </a><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412340932287668325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-28496588941469552082013-07-31T05:12:32.628-04:002013-07-31T05:12:32.628-04:00Excuse me, but Ms. Gladstone IS a handwriting expe...Excuse me, but Ms. Gladstone IS a handwriting expert. She makes her living teaching people who have grown up with Cursive how to write *legibly* -- even doctors. Having given up on Cursive myself, in favor of a form of Italic, I really do think she knows what she's talking about.<br /><br />--Leslie <;)))>< Fish Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-41829311065695542202013-07-30T22:48:51.063-04:002013-07-30T22:48:51.063-04:00Wow! Quite a response. As a teacher, I still see v...Wow! Quite a response. As a teacher, I still see value in cursive writing for a variety of reasons, some of which I mentioned in the article.<br /><br />Kate Gladstone, you make some interesting (and myriad) points that I will have to pursue further, including the links provided.<br /><br />Sheila, I am already familiar with your work as a handwriting expert, and from your perspective I can Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-39899540949995241722013-07-29T23:31:31.606-04:002013-07-29T23:31:31.606-04:00Well, I can't stand up to Ms. Gladstone but I&...Well, I can't stand up to Ms. Gladstone but I'll admit I was very disappointed when my grandson's school dropped cursive. It seems like another skill lost in favor of electronics.LD Mastersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01202135756299574972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-41894605248384343622013-07-29T23:24:42.688-04:002013-07-29T23:24:42.688-04:00I'd like to invite you to visit www.cursiveisc...I'd like to invite you to visit www.cursiveiscool.com and see some of the research, which gives reasons why cursive training IS important, contrary to ms. Gladstone's insistence. She admits that she is not a trained handwriting expert. Sheila Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444737798319597136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-69695587210421890132013-07-29T19:20:52.172-04:002013-07-29T19:20:52.172-04:00Handwriting matters — but does cursive matter? The...<br />Handwriting matters — but does cursive matter? The fastest, clearest handwriters join only some letters: making the easiest joins, skipping others, using print-like forms of letters whose cursive and printed forms disagree. (Sources below.)<br /><br />Reading cursive matters, but even children can be taught to read writing that they are not taught to produce. Reading cursive can be taught KateGladstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062492442607584456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-26226700377202466132013-07-29T17:18:42.965-04:002013-07-29T17:18:42.965-04:00I hate that schools have stopped teaching cursive!...I hate that schools have stopped teaching cursive! What a boneheaded move.<br />Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-47780592131736924362013-07-29T11:27:02.335-04:002013-07-29T11:27:02.335-04:00So how does he sign his name? Does he ever run int...So how does he sign his name? Does he ever run into problems when he has to read the cursive of someone else?Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-70791771626068647622013-07-29T09:10:00.907-04:002013-07-29T09:10:00.907-04:00My son, who just turned 43, never learned cursive ...My son, who just turned 43, never learned cursive at the "progressive" Bank Street School (the lab school of the famed College of Education). I wasn't happy about it, and I had no say in the matter, but he thinks pretty well.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.com