Annie wants us to teach cursive....

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In today's edition of our local paper, the syndicated advice column of "Annie" (he writers are long time editors of the Ann Landers advice column), had a letter from a school nurse.

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The last letter in the column addresses a concern raised (correctly IMHO) by a school nurse who feels that more skills should be taught at home. Their response was "You want the kids to learn cursive or to make correct change? Here is your opportunity to teach them".

What say my esteemed school nurse colleagues?

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Bump, did NOBODY see the letter to Annie's Mailbox this morning????? :banghead:

Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

From a parental standpoint, I don't see anything wrong with expecting certain skills that there no longer is time for in school, at home. I don't believe cursive should be one of them. I think eliminating the teaching of cursive is somehow going backwards and not forwards. I have no problems teaching my kids to balance a checkbook.

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Me either...but the columnist said WE as school nurses should take the opportunity in our office to teach cursive, THAT is what fired me up!!!

Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

Oh, good lord, I guess I didn't read it that close, I didn't catch that. Um, ya, that's not going to happen.

how is that medical?

I'll teach them a lesson about cursive.

It isn't that useful.

There.

Lesson taught.

I'll teach them a lesson about cursive.

It isn't that useful.

There.

Lesson taught.

The only thing I can legibly write in cursive is my name. I print everything else.

Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.

That is NOT what the columnists said at all!

Some subjects are going to be dropped, and this is where parents and grandparents can fill the void. You want the kids to learn cursive or to make correct change? Here is your opportunity to teach them.

The "you" in this quote is to the PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, not to the writer of the letter in particular or school nurses in general.

If parents/grandparents want things taught (like cursive) that are no longer in the curriculum, then the parents/grandparents can teach them at home.

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That is NOT what the columnists said at all!

The "you" in this quote is to the PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS, not to the writer of the letter in particular or school nurses in general.

If parents/grandparents want things taught (like cursive) that are no longer in the curriculum, then the parents/grandparents can teach them at home.

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The letter writer is a school nurse, so my interpretation is the comment was directed to the letter writer, not the home people.

And are you suggesting my reading comprehension is lacking? Wow

Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.
The letter writer is a school nurse, so my interpretation is the comment was directed to the letter writer, not the home people.

And are you suggesting my reading comprehension is lacking? Wow

Yes, your reading comprehension was overridden in this instance by the fact that you're a school nurse like the Letter Writer (LW). You internalized the whole thing.

The average person who is not a school nurse would see that the Annies were saying that missing subjects could be taught in the home, and that it was parents and grandparents who could do that teaching.

This is a standard type of response for the Annies. When a LW writes in with a generic complaint about the state of life in general, the Annies tell the general public what the world should do differently. When a LW writes in with a specific complaint about their own personal life, the Annies tell the LW what they should do in their particular situation.

This LW didn't complain about their particular school's policy or a disagreement with the principal... they complained about the general state of education in the USA. The Annies were saying to the general population, "Hey, folks, you need to step up and fill this void by teaching kids things at home if you think they're important."

Think about it -- the LW was writing about virtually ALL schools in the entire nation... do you really think that the Annies were saying that the LW had to personally go and teach cursive to every child in the nation??????

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Yes, your reading comprehension was overridden in this instance by the fact that you're a school nurse like the Letter Writer (LW). You internalized the whole thing.

The average person who is not a school nurse would see that the Annies were saying that missing subjects could be taught in the home, and that it was parents and grandparents who could do that teaching.

This is a standard type of response for the Annies. When a LW writes in with a generic complaint about the state of life in general, the Annies tell the general public what the world should do differently. When a LW writes in with a specific complaint about their own personal life, the Annies tell the LW what they should do in their particular situation.

This LW didn't complain about their particular school's policy or a disagreement with the principal... they complained about the general state of education in the USA. The Annies were saying to the general population, "Hey, folks, you need to step up and fill this void by teaching kids things at home if you think they're important."

Think about it -- the LW was writing about virtually ALL schools in the entire nation... do you really think that the Annies were saying that the LW had to personally go and teach cursive to every child in the nation??????

I disagree, however I will refrain from posting an obnoxious meme.

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