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POPSMan searches for his 4th-grade teacher to thank her More: Though never clinically diagnosed with dyslexia, he's convinced he has a mild form of it. After the fourth grade, he returned to the same teacher for a half-year in the fifth and sixth grades. She became, essentially, his tutor. "I thrived there," he said of their extended classroom relationship. "She took a personal interest in me. She felt I was bright because of some things I excelled at, and so she found different ways to teach me. She didn't require me to read in class. And I was able to write in block letters because I had trouble with cursive and small-case letters. It really built a foundation for me."… Perhaps somebody out there might have a lead, if it's not too late, for Bugbee to express his gratitude face-to-face. That way, when he does purchase that home from Habitat for Humanity — he's on the board of directors — and before he dedicates it to his favorite teacher, he can spell her name correctly.
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POPSWho needs cursive writing skills? My handwriting is horrible. I will admit it and if I can use the keyboard and a word processing program for any writing activity, I would willingly do that over writing by hand. Unfortunately, the technology isn't quite up to the task that would allow me NOT to write by hand. Do you feel this is an dying "art form" as the article below suggests? Will it every really go away and why is it important at all? Share your thoughts and tweets with us on this topic!
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POPSFree Handwriting Worksheets Handwriting practice worksheets for teachers and kids. Practice print and cursive handwriting on these free handwriting worksheets.
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POPSSecret Message Found In President Lincoln's Pocket Watch WASHINGTON — For nearly 150 years, a story has circulated about a hidden Civil War message engraved inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch. On Tuesday, museum curators confirmed it was true. A watchmaker used tiny tools to carefully pry open the antique watch at the National Museum of American History, and a descendant of the engraver read aloud the message from a metal plate underneath the watch face. Dillon had a fuzzy recollection of what he had engraved. He told the newspaper he had written: "The first gun is fired. Slavery is dead. Thank God we have a president who at least will try." For years the story went unconfirmed. On Tuesday, watchmaker George Thomas, who volunteers at the museum, spent several minutes carefully opening the watch as an audience of reporters and museum workers watched on a video monitor.
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POPSI Am Stoopid Might Be A Better Name Maybe I should develop an iPhone app called 'Pay Tim Money'. Each month it would remind the rich to send me money. I could even include a convenient link to PayPal to make it easier to pay me money.
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POPSJohhny Can't Write Have you looked at any young person's handwriting lately? I can barely read my 9 year old grandson's printing, and he is to start learning cursive this year. I doubt that this will be legible either. My great-uncle Lawrence had the most beautiful handwriting. It was all swirls and curls in beautifully, carefully written words. This has become a thing of the past. Too Bad!
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POPSPenmanship takes a back seat in elementary schools Handwriting and even printing has gotten worse and even more disasterous in some cases over the past 10 years- I have definitely seen how how the printing looks takes a huge backseat in the upper grades. It is as if teachers of upper grades no longer care about how the students' work looks and they just assume that the student(s) could write nicer if they really had to. While I am all for daily practice in handwriting, I recommend that the cursive handwriting does not officially start in schools until about grade 5... students aged 5 to 9 should focus on basic printing first- if you rush it, all their writing will morph into illegible messes. They can't all be doctors!
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POPSName Translator Translate your Christian name into chinese characters, try and show to your friends now!
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POPSHandwriting Is Irrelevant At age 13 I failed a typewriter typing course in 1965, but didn't worry because I thought I'd never use it. Now I'd fail a handwriting course, but would likely pass a keyboarding test. Strange the way things work, isn't it?
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POPSPlease Sign Your Name..in Print I've never been a big fan of writing in cursive myself, but I remember being forced to write exclusively in cursive in the fifth grade. I guess that's no longer enforced...?
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