Education ... Or is it? | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Cursive Writing     This form of writing has fallen into disuse. For some reason Americans have started printing. The first iteration of this Blog Posting was published almost 5 years ago. At that time my local newspaper told me a decision was pending about whether or not the teaching of Cursive Writing was going to be completely discontinued in the State of Georgia. By now it may actually be a thing of the past.

    Don't tell the "educators" involved in this decision but I think many of our schools had already taken this "progressive" step and had stopped teaching this antiquated subject. They probably replaced it with Multi-Cultural Dancing or Social Networking.
    Spelling     The next set of instruction that will be (or has been?) discontinued is Spelling. It is being replaced by an attitude that says, Come as Close as You Can and Let Them Figure It Out.
    Punctuation     Already gone is Punctuation. In the catalog where Punctuation used to be listed there is probably a disclaimer that says something like this, "Punctuation was once considered a requirement but has fallen into disuse in recent years and is now seen for what it really is ... A waste of time and ink".
    Touch Typing     Touch typing also used to be very important but it is now history. My two sons were steered towards touch typing classes by my wife. They probably took some guff from other boys for taking "a girl's class" but in later years they actually benefited from their mother's foresight.

    Good News: I have read where there is a strong movement to put touch typing classes back into our teaching curricula.
    Bad News: The modern student is going to be taught to touch type using only his thumbs.

    Would I kid u?
    Smartfella