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FULLERTON, California (Reuters) - A generation of children who learned to write on screens is now going old school.

Starting this year, California grade school students are required to learn cursive handwriting, after the skill had fallen out of fashion in the computer age.

Assembly Bill 446, sponsored by former elementary school teacher Sharon Quirk-Silva and signed into law in October, requires handwriting instruction for the 2.6 million Californians in grades one to six, roughly ages 6 to 12, and cursive lessons for the "appropriate" grade levels - generally considered to be third grade and above.

Experts say learning cursive improves cognitive development, reading comprehension and fine motor skills, among other benefits. Some educators also find value in teaching children to read historic documents and family letters from generations past.

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[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

There are times I have to present in meetings and share my computer screen, so I can’t really take notes using my laptop.

I learned cursive & it enables me to take faster hand-written notes as people comment or ask questions. That’s just a personal anecdote, I know, but fwiw I do use it on a regular basis but I realize that’s not applicable to most folks.

[-] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I really like hand written notes, especially since I can draw whatever I may need to help supplement the notes (graphs/arrows/boxes). Writing in print is so much slower and tiring than cursive, I will do whatever I can to not write in print. Also, I find my handwriting in cursive is far neater than print. I'm not sure the extent others can read it and am disappointed computers have a much harder time reading cursive into text.

[-] maness300@lemmy.world -4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This is funny, because you're essentially saying you write cursive because you can't use a computer properly.

It's so easy to share specific windows in OBS, lol.

[-] ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

They're not saying that at all. Also, calm the fuck down and mind your manners.

[-] rambaroo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

For real it's shocking how aggressive people are being in this thread.

[-] maness300@lemmy.world -4 points 10 months ago

Umm, that is what they're saying lol.

Also, calm the fuck down and mind your manners.

Lol, take your own advice.

[-] kzhe@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

They said they were using "their laptop"

Which has limited screen real estate

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