What Are We Teaching Our Kids?
Re: the question at left, Reader A replies:Maybe as an elective but not part of the main curriculum. Too few people use it.
Reader B responds:
Not true! MANY people use cursive writing! I know I still do. It is a functional communicative art that is also as individualistic as one’s fingerprint! It should not be delegated to a substandard communication device ever!
IMO, the thing to keep in mind is that classroom time is limited. If you want to teach cursive, that means you’re not teaching something else. I’d prefer that a seven-year-old (?) get a little better at reading and writing, maybe a bit further along in math or in the appreciation of nature.
Also, as Reader A said, it’s falling into disuse. Is anyone learning to take dictation using shorthand? I hope not.
What the House select committee is doing and how it’s doing it are certainly true, but why it’s doing it is unclear.
Through the years, I’ve helped a great many people, including my children, with their résumés and cover letters. The key, it seems to me, is understanding the mindset of whoever’s going to be doing the reviewing, and making sure that every word addresses that.
About 40% of our readers live outside of U.S. borders, and unless they happen to be particularly attuned to the nuances of American demographics, they will have little response to the accuracy of the map below.
Is life in Florida any more irrational and stupid than it is in any other state in the deep south, Oklahoma or West Virginia? That’s not clear, but from all the news that comes cascading down on us on a daily basis, one would have to suspect the answer is probably yes.
If it weren’t for all the damage Donald Trump has done to our nation, we could all have some mighty fine laughs. Here’s the 
When my parents were married in 1947, they were given a toaster as a wedding gift. When they moved out of my childhood home in perhaps 1995, I happened to notice that very appliance among their belongings.
How, precisely, has American political life changed over the past five years?
It’s funny how people, I’m talking about good and intelligent people, persist in coming up with analogies re: regulations that help us deal with COVID. The goal, of course, is to help selfish morons understand that their rights are limited by the fact that they live in an organized society.
Re: the meme here, a reader asks: How do you convince Republicans that their children are being disenfranchised because their party wants to starve public education out for the sake of privatization?
