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cmn32480
on Wednesday November 02 2016, @08:33AM
from the heading-for-a-new-dark-age dept.
from the heading-for-a-new-dark-age dept.
The New Yorker wonders:
My children know how to print their letters. And they type frighteningly well. Still, I can't escape the conviction that cursive—writing it and knowing how to read it—represents some universal value. I'm not the only one who thinks so. Every year, there are worried articles about the decline of cursive and its omission from school curricula. And there's a backlash, one that I secretly cheer for. When I read that Washington state is now considering Senate Bill 6469, "an act related to requiring that cursive writing be taught in common schools," I gave a little fist pump in the air.
Cursive and handwriting are dead. Communication of the future will be done with pure emoticons.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by martyb on Wednesday November 02 2016, @12:37PM
I understand your intent, and have seen these covered on other sites, but I feel obliged to point out the story you are reading is the first time that SoylentNews covered cursive handwriting [soylentnews.org]. And, except for insects, I don't recall SoylentNews covering any of the other topics on your list, either.
Hey! Maybe you'd like to submit a story... ;)
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(Score: 2) by PizzaRollPlinkett on Wednesday November 02 2016, @01:42PM
Wasn't commenting on soylent in particular, but making an observation about how the media runs these same stories like clockwork to fill the news cycle. Once you realize these topics are regularly-generated filler, you start noticing them.
I didn't include seasonal stuff in my list, but you can always count on eliminate-DST articles. And halloween safety tips, feeding the homeless at Thanksgiving, and so on each year.
You could also add kids eating detergent pods to my list. That comes up periodically.
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