Archive for July, 2009
July 13th, 2009 | 
Author: For more than a decade, Millie Pryles has spent a half-hour each day standing over second graders at the Westminster schools in Atlanta, making them trace and retrace the ovals, loops and humps that will become their cursive handwriting. It is a discipline she knows is fast becoming a lost art.
“Both feet on the floor,” she tells her 7- and 8-year-olds. “Sit up straight and slant your book.” After she explains how to form a letter, the children get to work. When some falter, Mrs. Pryles guides their hands.
In this computer age, such attention to the fine points of writing has been all but erased from the country’s classrooms as a revolution has occurred in how penmanship is taught and practiced. The lessons have become sporadic. Cursive writing is giving way to printing. Read the rest of this entry »
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Kristina Powell is amazing! When she read my face, she was so accurate I wanted to run and get plastic surgery to hide my character flaws from the world! Be forewarned: Wear a mask when you meet her!! - Radio Host Kim Iverson Read the rest of this entry »