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@ahn.eth
attended back to school for the 5-year-old - met teacher, learned about curriculum, saw other parents teacher explained how major academic goal is to get basics for reading & writing in place before stating a big focus will be cursive writing to which i unwisely chuckled never in my adult life have i gotten such a glare from another adult 😭
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@chicago
Cursive? Is this a private school? 👀 Or is this just how French schools operate?
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@arjantupan
It is very French. This is the way they learn how to write in France. It's interesting.
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@patxol.eth
It's not just interesting, it's beautiful ! Words in a fancy dress.
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@ahn.eth
"words in a fancy dress" very demure, very french 🤌
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@patxol.eth
From a French perspective, that drama around cursive is very funny. Learning cursive is just a basic thing, that just requires a good eye-hand coordination. It's very good for motor skills and it pays respect to words :-) My French-British 5 yo is massively excited about learning how to write "attaché". I have no doubt she will master that as well as dactylography.
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@ahn.eth
again, i am not "against" cursive i just found it odd that it's something the kids are "evaluated" on, particularly when it is not very practical (not that there's anything wrong with learning impractical things 😆) https://warpcast.com/ahn.eth/0x1f298e2c
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@arjantupan
Justin, you can chuckle. That's quite okay. I'm with you. It's not the cursive, or attaché. That's lovely, and fine. I am a person who writes with a fountain pen daily. The unexpected thing, and we had that, too, is the importance that is given to this particular way of writing. This cursive or attaché. Of course, it's beautiful, and convenient and it gives words fancy dresses and that's all great. But the fact that this particular way of writing is given so much importance, as if without the ability to do so, you will never succeed in life, is unexpected and quirky and french and therefore worthy of a chuckle. Not one to ridicule, but one to acknowledge a cultural custom that is unfamiliar to you. And that's what it is, you notice a cultural specificity. I really don't believe that's impolite.
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@ahn.eth
yes, i believe this is the sentiment i got - that if the kid cannot "achieve" these concepts as a 5-year-old, their next year as they advance to CP in elementaire and subsequently the rest of their lives are ruined!
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