Cursive

It was a challenge, but one that pushed me to where I am today. I have been prepared for high school more than I could have asked for. I know all 50 states, I know cursive, I know how to express myself through writing, I know how to read, I know how to solve any equation you throw at me and so much more. I couldn’t have asked for better teachers. All of my teachers have helped me with my personal learning and with anything…

was surprised at how well mannered the children are as well as how willing they are to learn. Grade two has changed so much since I was that age. I remember grade two being my absolute favourite year filled with countless amounts of colouring and cursive. However, I see it different now. I was astounded at the level of literacy the children have to learn. They learn a new idiom every week such as “ still waters run deep.” I was also surprised at how appalling children’s concentration has…

a tool in terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them…” because technology is an easy and exciting way to engage the mind (Gates). Technology is a learning curve and some students are more comfortable than others. The age old cursive writing class has given way to a mostly mandated typing class in all but four states (Redford). All across America, we are integrating this super source, and it is changing the learning process as we know it. Teachers can use this tool to their…

expanded black education. Additionally, the growth of citizenship schools led to the rise of black voters in the South. “We taught them to read and write so that they could register and vote. To be able to vote in Charleston, you had to write your name cursive and read a section of the election laws.” Many states also required people to take a quiz or read a passage. This prevented most non-educated African Americans from voting. Setting up citizenship schools changed this. African Americans…

Her grey-blue eyes rimmed with red stared out of the window, watching the trains chug passed as the rain fell. It was as if the sky was crying, crying for her. She saw her reflection in the window staring back at her. She was weak and scared; worry had infected her thoughts and spread through her veins as if it were venom. A single tear rolled down her cheek, staining the envelope that she was grasping onto, turning her cold knuckles pale, pushing it to her chest. The fear of what the truth held…

it is telling her to rebel, she realized that’s why this poem was not kept. At the hiking, none other than the face on the screen Ky spots Cassia reading the poetry. Ky keeps her secret and helps her remember the poem by teaching her to write in cursive when she’s forced to destroy the poem for her safety, and so a secret friendship…

break, was but a distant shimmer of hope, miles down the long, desperate dark tunnel which is public education. For all practical purposes it was nearly nonexistent, unreachable, an allusion designed to keep squirmy children motivated through their cursive practices. “Summer will never come,” I told…

Handwriting and typing are going to be used throughout someone’s life in school, at home, and many other places as well, but which is better for the comprehension and understanding of the notes he or she takes? Well, Typing is more efficient to take notes since it is faster to do and takes a smaller amount of time to write more information. However, studies have proven that most of the time handwriting gives people a better understanding of the material in which they are writing about. Typing is…

How can the society we now live in be so flawed? Why doesn't anyone stop to think of anyone else or even do something for another person, just because? Today, I was talking to my mom and she told me that we wouldn't be able to go through with our family trip to Hawaii this December I admit when she first told me I began crying! I had been planning what to wear I even got a new bathing suit just for this trip! After a little explaining, my mom had me in tears, not because we weren't going on some…

Coming to America was terrifying for me. It was a new place to learn new things. The most important thing I was concerned about was reading and writing in english. I knew if I failed to learn how to read and write in english I would not make it in america. It was very crucial for me to learn so when I was in Elementary school in Hampton, there was a school that had this program called ESL. It stands for English Second Language. I was so nervous, I thought other students would tease me on how I…