I’ve noticed some of these kids can’t tell time on analog clocks nor read cursive handwriting.
Aside from signatures, which don't need to be read, I don't remember the last time I've seen cursive outside of an elementary school.
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class
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Re: Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class
#12I’ve noticed some of these kids can’t tell time on analog clocks nor read cursive handwriting.
The way things are headed, you'll just point your phone at it and have it translated to plaintext in 3-5 years anyhow.
Re: Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class
#13I’ve noticed some of these kids can’t tell time on analog clocks nor read cursive handwriting.
Aside from signatures, which don't need to be read, I don't remember the last time I've seen cursive outside of an elementary school.
I never stopped writing in cursive but then again I don’t write much by hand anymore.
Re: Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class
#14I’ve noticed some of these kids can’t tell time on analog clocks nor read cursive handwriting.
Aside from signatures, which don't need to be read, I don't remember the last time I've seen cursive outside of an elementary school.
you don't write. people don't write in cursive around you?
Re: Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class
#15It just seems to me that the entire purpose of school is not clear. What precisely is the purpose of "English" class? What? To read and speak English? Ok, then why can't kids test out of it most of the time? Is the purpose to be knowledgeable about a canon of literature? Why can't people test against that? The truth is that pedagogy and instruction is just a lazy way of providing childcare. So who cares what they do…
The purpose of school is a mix between providing childcare, and making sure most of society have a largely overlapping common upbringing experience. We hear that we encourage diversity - but only of superficial stuff like sexual orientation or skin color. We don't want people that think too differently. This is why I, despite my deep appreciation for the pursuit of knowledge and having spent a significant chunk of my…
It is awfully hard to get anyone, children or adults, to think at all
Re: Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class
#16I don’t know if this matters much. When I was in school it was rare to actually read a book assignment anyways, and I’m sure with LLMs now it’s less. I’ve started to have a positive association with reading only in the last few years, I wish schools didn’t force books onto children and make them think they hate reading for their whole lives.
It’s odd, I read ravenously as a kid/teen, as did my siblings. You need to read what you enjoy, and for it to not be forced. (For example, summer reading at the library gave out prizes kids cared about for reading books.) Plus, we didn’t have access to much digital media like TV/video games (though it was the early 2010s) because my parents were strict, so books were a solid source of entertainment.
I read a lot of books that fit my tastes as a kid, usually adventure/fantasy genre stuff.
Never enjoyed the stuff that got assigned in school though. I’d probably like it now.
Re: Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class
#17It just seems to me that the entire purpose of school is not clear. What precisely is the purpose of "English" class? What? To read and speak English? Ok, then why can't kids test out of it most of the time? Is the purpose to be knowledgeable about a canon of literature? Why can't people test against that? The truth is that pedagogy and instruction is just a lazy way of providing childcare. So who cares what they do…
> Ok, then why can't kids test out of it most of the time
Because they can't read or write, and neither can most adults, including developers.
Re: Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class
#18I don’t know if this matters much. When I was in school it was rare to actually read a book assignment anyways, and I’m sure with LLMs now it’s less. I’ve started to have a positive association with reading only in the last few years, I wish schools didn’t force books onto children and make them think they hate reading for their whole lives.
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Aside from signatures, which don't need to be read, I don't remember the last time I've seen cursive outside of an elementary school.
you don't write. people don't write in cursive around you?
Why would you write in cursive? If you care about WPM key board toasts it.
If you care about handwritten your receiver cares they got your letter at all not that it's cursive or not.
Cursive is an outdated skill for when it was the fastest way to get words written to paper.
Re: Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class
#20I’ve noticed some of these kids can’t tell time on analog clocks nor read cursive handwriting.
Aside from signatures, which don't need to be read, I don't remember the last time I've seen cursive outside of an elementary school.
~25 years ago I decided to take the LSAT. At the time, there was an essay component that was required to be conducted in cursive.
I basically had to teach myself all over again. Not much fun.