Cursive (手写体) is about to become extinct. Do we raise the red flag? To teach or not to teach cursive is the question that several state education departments are struggling with.
Before you read this write-up, do a simple exercise. Pick a pen and paper and start writing in cursive. Yes, that fancy handwriting that you learned in grade school. You may not have forgotten the good times you had while writing loopy Ps and Gs as well as curly Ms and Ns. However, the chances are you won’t be able to write it as excellently as you used to. Some people are good at making the perfect loops and curls, while some are bad. I am still terrible at it.
Cursive is hardly used by kids anymore as even adults don’t write in this style, unless they are using it for their signature. Learning this handwriting was a usual practice in school for several decades. However, in 201l, the Indiana Department of Education made it optional (可选择的) for schools to teach cursive writing to the students. In fact, there were 46 more states who have done the same.
There are some who believe that it is high time for cursive to retire from school curriculum. After all, if we don’t leave the past behind, we cannot make way for new things. If you walk into any classroom, you would find children using keyboards to communicate in written form. On the other hand, fans of this cursive insist on its usefulness. They remind us that if we stop teaching and learning cursive in schools, very soon most of our historical documents will become hard to us.
Where do we stand on this subject? Is it the right time to erase an almost forgotten handwriting and live in the keyboarding world? Or can we do both without compromising (妥协) on our school curriculum? Let me know your thoughts on this matter by leaving a comment in the section below.
32. People use cursive when they ________.
A. give their signature B. are in Indiana
C. grow up as adults D. are at school
33. In Indiana school, children ________.
A. must learn cursive B. are interested in cursive
C. can choose to learn cursive D. learn cursive everyday
34. It can be inferred that the author ________.
A. prefers to learn cursive
B. is a cursive teacher
C. welcomes people to show their opinions
D. is a very famous expert in education
35. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Is Cursive Writing Necessary?
B. Is Keyboarding World Good?
C. A Keyboarding World
D. Advantages of Cursive
32～35 ACCA