Finnish school model. The big emphasis I've always heard is about how they require kids to get outside/play more than the US model. This goes into much more detail.
One impact, of course, is the lack of student debt, which is now over $1.5T in the US.
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thibodeaux
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I'm gonna say it: there is no "fixing" the U.S. schools until we're able to speak AND act honestly about the 4-letter word.
In other words, never.
In other words, never.
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is the 4-letter word you're talking about "twerk?"
no wait
no wait
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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Curse my public school education.
Race?
Race?
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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If fewer schools are teaching cursive, what does that mean for the future of signatures? Are the kids just learning that little bit, for their name?
I know my kid's penmanship sucks, at 14. He rarely writes anything without a keyboard.
I know my kid's penmanship sucks, at 14. He rarely writes anything without a keyboard.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
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I noticed that a couple of years ago when my niece sent out thank you cards after high school graduation. It struck me that her hand writing looked like that of a 6th grader. Then it occurred to me that the thank you cards was probably the most she'd written by hand her entire high school career.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
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My signature's already terrible.
Maybe we'll all just go back to X
It's not me, it's someone else.
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Mine is as well. However, I think it has charm.
My dad's is a pristine thing of beauty that proves he would have made an excellent serial killer. He uses a straight edge every time. Each signature looks exactly the same. Psycho.
I'm not convinced a lot of millennials can spell X.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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Most things we sign these days are electronic, so I'm basically just clicking. For a mortgage refi, had to do real signatures though.
It's not me, it's someone else.
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For my kid's zoo volunteering, he recently had a 5 page application for the year-round program. All written short answer.
Damn.
It isn't like these kids are going to be able to go their whole lives and never have a pen in their hand, but at least everyone will have uniformly shitty handwriting.
Damn.
It isn't like these kids are going to be able to go their whole lives and never have a pen in their hand, but at least everyone will have uniformly shitty handwriting.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
