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From Cursive to Art
By Gina On 2 May, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In art and design, articles, culture and society, education
In January I came across some posts on Education Week about teaching handwriting—especially cursive—in schools. These questions were raised in light of the common core standards that many school districts have adopted.
There was an educational summit that Jackie Zubrzycki, a contributor at EdWeek, attended, which prompted her to write an article (and a post, or two) about the discussions that took place at the Newseum.
Zubrzycki wrote that the common core mentioned keyboarding skills but not handwriting skills, and advocates for handwriting made suggested to states to include a supplement that covered handwriting because of research that favors teaching handwriting.
A plinky.com prompt: what are your 3 top hobbies?
When your hobbies get in the way of work – that’s OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves… well.
-Steve Martin (comedian)
I’m tempted to answer this prompt with an “I don’t know” not because I don’t have any [...]
I sit and watch,
watch the cursor blink.
Incessantly it blinks, waiting.
Waiting for me to type some words
which have meaning to I,
the creator but no meaning to it,
a blinking cursor.
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I sit and think,
think about what I want to write,
what [...]
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I recently graduated from the Uni. of Maryland with a B.A. in journalism.
I'm a web production intern with Education Week, in Bethesda, Md.
When I'm not working, I'm writing, photographing, reading or cooking.
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