Gustavo Arellano: Don't force kids to learn cursive. Mine is terrible, and I'm doing just fine
"Messy! Messy!" Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears. "Messy! Messy!" I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a third-grade class for history, math and reading — but not English. My stumbling block: cursive writing. "Messy! Messy!" For weeks, our teacher lectured on this new way to communicate. I ...
"Messy! Messy!"
Nearly 40 years later, the admonishments of my second-grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary in Anaheim still ring in my ears.
"Messy! Messy!"
I was a precocious 8-year-old, placed in a third-grade class for history, math and reading — but not English. My stumbling block: cursive writing.
"Messy! Messy!"
For weeks, our teacher lectured on this new way to communicate. I still remember some of the mnemonic tricks she used for some of the harder letters. Put a hat on "O," small and large. Widen the space between the two bubbles that make up a "K." Straighten those arches on
