The Endangered Art of Cursive Writing by Florence Clément

As time goes on, less and less people write in cursive, which is not a good thing because they are missing all the benefits of cursive writing. Elementary schools should keep teaching this art of writing, as it is a precious skill that everyone should own. Many experts have extensive knowledge of the gifts cursive writing has for us and our brain. Unfortunately, a lot of people still think that cursive writing is a useless, time wasting type of writing.  Schools should not miss this great opportunity of teaching cursive writting.

First of all, let's see what experts think about the benefits of cursive writing. Some explain that children who write in cursive generate more words and ideas than those who type. It can also help the brain to develop categorization skills, which helps to improve its capacities faster . So, let's imagine that you are an important person that does not know how to write in cursive, and that you need to sign a contract. Wouldn't you be afraid to sign a important paper in block letters ? If not, you should be. Signatures should always be written in cursive, because it decreases the chances of forgery. Elementary schools should continue to teach cursive writting because of its various benefits.

Second of all, cursive writting can help some people get smarter in some subjects that require note-taking activities, like math. Some teachers say that since they made their students take notes in cursive, they have become more good at remembering their notes. As we write in cursive,three areas of our brain get activated. The fusiform gyrus,the  inferior frontal gyrus and the posterior pariental cortex.  These may be weird names, but they play an big role in the development of our brain and can help us remenber certain things. Cursive writing doesn't help us  at school only, but also in everyday situations. One of my friends, who is enrolled in an archeology program, was once studying for an important history test, and she needed to read The Declaration of Independence, which was written all over in cursive writting. Since she didn't know how to read cursive, she didn't do well on her test. See ? Elementary schools should continue to teach cursive writing because, later on, if you don't know how to read or write in cursive, it can create problems.

As technology improves, less people write in cursive due to the fact that with  new technologies, it is easier and less complicated to write, because now, we can type. Elementary schools should still continue to teach cursive writing because it is an important skill that everyone should have. This form of writing helps develop our brain, can help us at school, at home and allows us to create unique signatures. We should not let time steal away this amazing art.

Homework, Why or Why Not by Zachary Giguere

Teachers keep telling us: "Homework is the best thing to help you learn it will also help us get better" (imagine me saying this like a teacher) but does it really help us learn better, faster or even at all. Homework usually doesn't help me learn. Not because I'm a teenager and if I like homework I'm a nerd! But because most of the time homework I do isn't really relevant to the work I do in class and sometimes isn't even what's going to be on the test. Secondly if we are doing the homework wrong we are not learning just practicing doing homework badly.

Firstly it often happens that the homework I do isn't even relevant to what we have in our tests. So you could be learning one thing in class and something completely different on the homework. Then the test comes around the corner you study your homework and BOOM you fail, because the test was about what you had in your notes. My history class is like that. But don't get me wrong I like my history class and my teacher but the homework isn't what is on our test, we are just doing homework for the sake of it. So homework doesn't help s learn in this case at all.

Secondly, what if I'm at home and I'm doing the old homework due the next day but I'm doing the homework wrong. If you do your homework wrong you also get the question wrong on the test. Now you can't tell me that by doing my homework wrong I am getting better in my opinion I'm getting worse. I know this happens because it happened to me I did my homework wrong but didn't know I was doing it wrong and I almost failed my test which sucks believe me, maybe some people don't care about getting good grades but I do. So if you're doing your homework wrong you are definitely not learning or getting better.

In conclusion, we could be doing pointless homework or doing your homework wrong for all I know. In the end homework instead always as good as most teachers claim It is. So i ask you this question fare reader's of this blog, if there is anyone reading this blog apart from my teacher to grade It, does homework really help us learn.