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submitted 2 years ago by tal@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.

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[-] enragedchowder@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

I just don't see the point? I had to learn cursive in elementary and haven't used it at all since then. There has to be more valuable things these kids could be learning.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The point is the culture war. Populism. "Reverting to a better yesterday." Fascism, writ tiny.

It's clever, no one can really object to it like they can to removing things from the curriculum. But it serves the same purpose as whipping up anger over sex ed or CRT, just low key.

[-] parrot-party@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

It can be useful to learn for the purpose of knowing how to read it. There's still a large population of cursive writers about. I doubt cursive usage will grow anymore, even teaching it, as everything is computer based these days.

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