One could potentially use critical thinking to point out that you are applying your own bias in tearing down the suggestion that we teach critical thinking in schools.
One could potentially use critical thinking to point out that you are applying your own bias in tearing down the suggestion that we teach critical thinking in schools.Cognitive biases don't cure themselves when presented with logical training. What happens is that people try to dress up cognitive biases as "logic" and abuse concepts in order to dominate a debate. Rather than dumb and simple-minded nonsense, the learned engage in sophistry, censorship, or treating incomplete paradigms as totally complete.
Properly teaching critical thinking requires at least three full fields of study, including but not limited to philosophy, law, and psychology.One could potentially use critical thinking to point out that you are applying your own bias in tearing down the suggestion that we teach critical thinking in schools.
I think that makes sense. There's no need to teach it as in-depth as I (millennial) had to learn. Boomer bullshit imo.At a minimum it should be taught so that students can develop a signature. My daughter is graduating this year, and her signature is just a quick scrawl of her initials.
My father was schooled in those languages, I don't know to what extent but knowing him, it was significant. He was also into Greek mythology. His handwriting (cursive) was very impressive as well. My current cursive (I do some) has some print-type "glitches," it's not pure like I was taught.i am glad i know how to read/write cursive even though i don't write it much anymore. lots of genealogical research i've done has required it.
and similarly i'm kind of sad that i didn't learn latin in school. i've been picking up both latin and greek over the years as i get more into ancient history, but i would have loved to have at least one semester on one of them.
once i'm retired i'm going to try to take some electives on those.
I pity the foo that doesn't learn cursive.I think that makes sense. There's no need to teach it as in-depth as I (millennial) had to learn. Boomer bullshit imo.
"Wow, these ballpoint pens are pretty neat! Yeah, fuck cursive, pain in the ass anyway."WHAT WOULD THE FOUNDERS THINK
I see you're a fan of a well-ROUNDED education!Yes they should all be taught cursive right after they learn how to make wooden wheels.
How unpatriotic of you to posit that they were anything less than GODS among MEN! Get a rope, boys, we got a commie over here!As an aside, I always enjoy when the 'founders' are referred to in political discourse, as if they weren't just a bunch of slave-owning farmers who were yolo-ing their way into a republic.
It is faster to write in cursive than to print, that's always been my feeling. I often print because I think it's more certainly legible than my cursive. If I slow down, my cursive is more easily read. It's partly a matter of practice. Some people have gorgeous handwriting. My father and an uncle on my mother's side did. They both wrote memoires and I saw the handwriting. I desktop published my father's, not his handwriting, I turned it digital. A benefit was my editing. He did make some mistakes. I should get work as a proofreader. I think I have exceptional talents in that area.Just ran across this article...
Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for.
The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.www.usatoday.com
Might be fun for people that enjoy reading old documents, eg not me :^D
I have a cheap old laser printer and it can print many pages per minute. Even old 9 pin epson dot matrix printers from the 1980s can print a LOT faster than I can write cursive or otherwise.It is faster to write in cursive than to print, that's always been my feeling. I often print because I think it's more certainly legible than my cursive. If I slow down, my cursive is more easily read. It's partly a matter of practice. Some people have gorgeous handwriting. My father and an uncle on my mother's side did. They both wrote memoires and I saw the handwriting. I desktop published my father's, not his handwriting, I turned it digital. A benefit was my editing. He did make some mistakes. I should get work as a proofreader. I think I have exceptional talents in that area.
Working in an adjacent space, poor writing is no surprise. Some people like to cut budgets by skimping on time to write for quality and copyediting.My sister has a job as a proofreader for an advertising company. She says the crap copy some of her clients provide is jaw dropping bad, barely english,