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[chromodynamics]

• Education
• Cursive writing rapidly becomes passe
  I found the this interesting, as both a representative for our county is quoted, and my son has taken it upon himself to learn cursive (he's in first grade, and I have no idea what sparked him to do this, but reading this article I am glad that he has).
• Gaming
• Burger King orders up Xbox games
  So while McD's is focusing on healthy food choices and excercise for kids, BK has gone with video games that teach kids how to stalk. wtf?
• Just for Fun
• Top Ten Geek Wallets
  Each of these are interesting, though I don't think I would want to actually carry any of them.
• Linguistics
• FBI agents still lacking Arabic skills
  Only 33 with limited proficiency, that is all they have.  (Also they need Urdu and Farsi speakers.)
• Science
• BECs confound at higher temperatures
  This is mainly for me, I'm not sure anyone else would be interested (though it's very cool!).
• Physicits observe subatomic quick-change artist
  Ditto my comment above.
• Scientists teleport two different objects
  Now this you should look at. Teleporting a macroscopic atomic object over half a meter, while converting between light and matter! Awesome!

Comments

[sundancekid.livejournal.com]

Will O be taught cursive? We started learning it in second grade. I can write in cursive, but I don't. We had to write everything in cursive in elementary school, but I quit once they stopped making us in junior high, as did most people I know. My handwriting is very legible (it's sort of a girly, round print/cursive hybrid -- my brother calls it "cloud writing" :p), though. But it IS bad if kids can't read cursive.

That was a really interesting article -- thanks for the link!

[chromodynamics.livejournal.com]

In the article, an official from our county's school board said that they, "don't have separate handwriting instruction for handwriting's sake," so I don't think that he will. However, they do focus a lot on printing, and his printing is excellent, considering he has just started 1st grade. He has already figured out a lot of cursive on his own (and he prefers mommy's writing as daddy's has too many loopies), and I just spoke with C and after reading this article she ordered a handwriting book so that he can practice more.

I'm glad you enjoyed the article!