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Finnish school model. The big emphasis I've always heard is about how they require kids to get outside/play more than the US model. This goes into much more detail.

One impact, of course, is the lack of student debt, which is now over $1.5T in the US.

I'm gonna say it: there is no "fixing" the U.S. schools until we're able to speak AND act honestly about the 4-letter word.

In other words, never.

is the 4-letter word you're talking about "twerk?"

no wait

Yes

Curse my public school education.

Race?

pus-e ?

If fewer schools are teaching cursive, what does that mean for the future of signatures? Are the kids just learning that little bit, for their name?

I know my kid's penmanship sucks, at 14. He rarely writes anything without a keyboard.

GORDON wrote: If fewer schools are teaching cursive, what does that mean for the future of signatures? Are the kids just learning that little bit, for their name?

I know my kid's penmanship sucks, at 14. He rarely writes anything without a keyboard.

I noticed that a couple of years ago when my niece sent out thank you cards after high school graduation. It struck me that her hand writing looked like that of a 6th grader. Then it occurred to me that the thank you cards was probably the most she'd written by hand her entire high school career.

GORDON wrote: If fewer schools are teaching cursive, what does that mean for the future of signatures? Are the kids just learning that little bit, for their name?

I know my kid's penmanship sucks, at 14. He rarely writes anything without a keyboard.

My signature's already terrible.

Maybe we'll all just go back to X

TheCatt wrote: My signature's already terrible.

Mine is as well. However, I think it has charm.

My dad's is a pristine thing of beauty that proves he would have made an excellent serial killer. He uses a straight edge every time. Each signature looks exactly the same. Psycho.

TheCatt wrote: Maybe we'll all just go back to X

I'm not convinced a lot of millennials can spell X.

GORDON wrote: If fewer schools are teaching cursive, what does that mean for the future of signatures? Are the kids just learning that little bit, for their name?

I know my kid's penmanship sucks, at 14. He rarely writes anything without a keyboard.

Most things we sign these days are electronic, so I'm basically just clicking. For a mortgage refi, had to do real signatures though.

For my kid's zoo volunteering, he recently had a 5 page application for the year-round program. All written short answer.

Damn.

It isn't like these kids are going to be able to go their whole lives and never have a pen in their hand, but at least everyone will have uniformly shitty handwriting.

GORDON wrote: For my kid's zoo volunteering, he recently had a 5 page application for the year-round program. All written short answer.

Is this the stone ages?