Cursive Writting Research Paper

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I think cursive is powerful to the brain. Because in the first article it said cursive writting has been proven to be good in our minds And that being said medical brain scans show that writting in cursive helps with fine motor skill development and stimulates both the right and left sections of the brain.And that cursive is a commen teaching tool for students with dyslexia, a reading disorder with any kinds of trouble that students are having.

The first reason why i think cursive is powerful to the brain is because cursive writting has been proven to be good in our minds. and so that the brain becomes stronger and that it helps with our learning skills. And so that we have the ability to read and write anything.

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And to help them know more knowledge and so that its helpful to them in every way possible.

The reasons why i agree with the first article " I think cursive writting is powerful to the brain " is because of the strong facts in the passages to prove how it is helpful to the people. And how i think cursive is just a really good learning skill we as people may not use cursive writting as much but its still good to know.

The reasons why i don't think cursive writting is powerful to the brain is because in the second article it says that in 2012 only 37% teachers wrote in cursive on their surveys. That being said a signature is no longer required for that many documents or receipts anymore so people don't feel the need to write in cursive. And that the truth is that cursive writting is virtually gone and people choose to do normal print than to write in cursive now a days so thats why because of theses three main facts in the second article of why i don't think cursive writting is powerful to the

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