Palmer

My ideology provides a deeper look into the lens of Parker Palmer what I discern is that, the realities of the manner is, we cannot have peace on this earth without the components of conflict futhrrmore, we must develop an intimate relationship with conflict to grasp the full understanding as to, why it occurred.[1] Palmer illustrates the reality that a dysfunctional system and conflict can not be supported by peacemaking solutions.[2] We must face the conflict head on and engage integrity and…

In the early 1880s, Elmer Palmer murdered his grandfather, Francis Palmer to ensure that he would be unable to change his will. The younger Palmer believed that his grandfather was going to lessen his inheritance after being remarried. While the criminal case against Elmer was without any controversy, the question soon became whether he would be able to receive the inheritance from his grandfather. This issue was resolved when two of Francis’ daughters, who would have only received a small…

Should Cursive Writing be Taught in School? Cursive writing, “the curlicue script that older generations viewed as the hallmark of a well-educated person” (Creno) has “been slowly disappearing from classrooms for years” (Shapiro and Voisin). Many states have chosen to teach Common Core standards which do not require students to learn cursive. Since schools are now teaching Common Core, they are trying to decide if cursive is still worth teaching. There have been many debates on the…

Cursive writting is indeed beneficial to a student's mental development, and therefore; should be thaught in school. Replacing cursive writting with typing and technology will do more harm than good to the student. I typing believe it will minimize their ablity to process and retain information, and is therfore essential to one's learning development. As a student myself, writing my notes by hand helps me process the information as well as remembering it as I write it down. There is no boubt…

Cursive writing is a viable part of education and brain health. Having the ability to write in cursive helps not only with medical documents, school documents, and simple bank signatures, but it also makes your mind stronger, and more diverse when writing anything down. I believe that cursive writing should be in the educational system. Growing up in a society where people always have to do some sort of paperwork, this becomes a needed factor for writing skills. Wouldn't you rather have you…

Should we let cursive die? Should it become a relic of the past. Should it be replaced just as a quill gave way to pens and how typewriters gave way to computers? In this day and age cursive is a useless skill but it is still something that is taught in schools. Cursive should no longer be taught in schools because it is unnecessary in a digital age, it takes time away from teachers to teach other topics, and it has no special values or benefits compared to other forms of writing This is…

Everyone hated 3rd grade when we would have to get out those worksheets with cursive writing. We never liked having to trace over those dotted cursive lines. Sometimes we would even try to skip class during that time, but we never knew all the good benefits we would get from writing for those 20 to 30 minutes. For example, cursive helps us develop fine motor skills and it reinforces learning. It can also help for signing legal documents. More importantly, it’s a cognitive exercise to keep our…

Case: Riggs v. Palmer (1889) Facts: A grandfather, Francis B. Palmer, had listed an inheritance to his grandson and defendant, Elmer E. Palmer, in his will but was poisoned and murdered by said grandson (p. 140). The victim’s two daughters Mrs. Riggs and Mrs. Preston were also granted a small portion of the legacies as stated in Francis’ will (p. 141). The Appeals Court ruled Elmer was not entitled to the inheritance and the plaintiffs, Mrs. Riggs and Mrs. Preston, will be awarded full rights of…

In society, there is always the desire to be “loyal to your sex” (Glaspell), to protect those that one relates to the most. In Susan Glaspell’s short story, A Jury of Her Peers, the characters personify that exact constant by protecting their peers, respectively, as a result of the historical gender segregation. To begin, the women in the short story are not friends, with the narrator of the story stating “She [Martha Hale] had met Mrs. Peters the year before at the county fair… she remembered……

In 2010, teachers came together to form the new common core, which was soon implemented across the nation. While it was acclaimed for its progress in the field of math, the handwriting aspect was written, forgetting cursive from the standards. Now, states, such as California and North Carolina, have gone against the common core by implementing state laws that require schools to teach cursive. These states are doing the wrong thing as cursive should be set to stone because of the greater…