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It's certainly better than "look at the pictures and guess".

Go read (or listen to) the article. People who have studied this more than either of us have weighed in.

We need a fucking worldwide revolution

I think a big factor is effort isn't rewarded.

The only people I see giving a fuck these days are veterans, or others who are used to doing shit because no one else will do it. In any military organization at least 20% are pulling a Marshawn Lynch every day they put a uniform on.

Why bust your ass instead of doing the absolute bare minimum to not get yelled at?

It's like running from a bear versuses running after a rabbit. Fear motivates you to not be slowest, pursuit of rewards motivates you to be the fastest.

There's no reasonable expectations of rewards, were all just avoiding getting eaten

Cursive exercises the brain in different ways than block writing. It's not strictly about learning and using cursive as a replacement to printing, it's more about using the brain in a different way and building pathways that otherwise might not get built. Writing the letter G in cursive uses different brain areas than writing it in print.

A similar thing happens in relation to using a keyboard to type words vs physically writing them, the brain functions differently with each method and writing uses more brain to process all the nuance that occurs. Writing the letter G is much different than pressing a G key.

For all the folks that saw they are bad a writting, struggle at writting, one solution for me with this was blending cursive with print. Cursive can be easier to write. Im glad I learned it.

I do think it is important to know, for a few reasons

I just mean for younger kids. I get it's not a whole encompassing thing, but just feels like they're over simplifying some things vs teaching. Little toddler shoes, velcro or slip on, sure, but the ad had like 8-10y/o slipping on shoes.

but you already know how to tie your shoes when you need to.

Kids dont know how to tie thier shoes, and if they never own a pair woth laces, they wont learn the skill to begin with, nor practice it enough to get good at it.

Or people who like to come and go seamlessly

My point was more so to sign your name, read the declaration of independence or other "valuable" and historical documents. Chromebooks seemed like a good idea for education 10 years ago and now new hires at work look at me like I'm speaking Greek when I ask to click the Start button.

So many programs are moving web-based, which I can understand why from a software control standpoint to help cut support calls, but also at the same time, it's removing critical thinking skills as its a constant reliance on others to do or fix or troubleshoot or whatever. I feel like its an attempt at oversimplification and automaton to keep people docile and just focus on their tasks.

All that isn't bad, but when you look at people working longer hours, child labor laws being rolled back, and some combinations of others, it starts to feel very intentional and controlling.

That's what "the old pair" is for. Just leave them untied and loose, and your good pair gets tied for doing anything more.

Excessive Technology for students to use in the classroom is directly linked to lower test scores.

Reasons:

School work like any job has boring and monotonous tasks: Chromebooks etc offer endless opportunity for kids to avoid doing their work. Games, videos, or just random browsing.

Different learning methods of different students: For many students the physical act of writing letters etc on paper or reading from a physical book helps, them retain information better than a screen.

Slower speed - When learning something going slower improves retention and accuracy. It forces the brain to process the information more completely rather than skimming.