I suggest that if anyone EVER sees Zimmerman they instantly call the cops

[Linda]

And cannot read cursive. 

Has she not noticed, at age 19, that cursive is basically printing, with the letters joined together by not lifting the pen/pencil?

No she hasn't. she isn't smart enough to figure it out for herself and the government schools haven't told her.

[Splashdown]

And cannot read cursive. 

Has she not noticed, at age 19, that cursive is basically printing, with the letters joined together by not lifting the pen/pencil?

I'm a high school teacher at a pretty solid private school. Very few kids can read cursive anymore. My daughters, who go to Catholic grade schools, are taught it and use it. But it's not taught in other places, or at least not taught intensively. With the move towards a paperless society, the Palmer Method of writing, shorthand classes, and the like will all be going the way of cuneiform.

There's still a place on the SATs that you have to write a sentence in cursive saying that the work is your own. It freaks many HS students out.

[dane]

I'm a high school teacher at a pretty solid private school. Very few kids can read cursive anymore. My daughters, who go to Catholic grade schools, are taught it and use it. But it's not taught in other places, or at least not taught intensively. With the move towards a paperless society, the Palmer Method of writing, shorthand classes, and the like will all be going the way of cuneiform.

There's still a place on the SATs that you have to write a sentence in cursive saying that the work is your own. It freaks many HS students out.

Granted that with the requirement for hand/eye coordination and fine motor control in learning to write w/ cursive, there is still the issue of this 19 year old whose deductive reasoning and critical thinking have not illuminated the little bulb that said "Hey, this looks like printing all joined together!" 

And not just 'this 19 year old', but anyone who hasn't figured this out or has not been made aware of it.

[obumazombie]

When someone is unable to read cursive, I begin to question whether they can read at all.

[thundley4]

I still remember back in grade school thinking that I would never learn cursive writing.  At the time , I thought all the word were connected together.

[Splashdown]

When someone is unable to read cursive, I begin to question whether they can read at all.

There are lots of schools where it's just not taught. I see it all the time. And these are kids who score in the upper echelon of the SATs.

[Dori]

There's no love lost between blacks and illegal aliens. I predict that the first race wars will be between these two groups.

They don't like each other here in Los Angeles either. 

[67 Rover]

There are lots of schools where it's just not taught. I see it all the time. And these are kids who score in the upper echelon of the SATs.

You really want to confuse her?  Hand her an analog watch.

[thundley4]

You really want to confuse her?  Hand her an analog watch.

Or give her a watch showing military/24hr time.  That confuses a lot of people.

[Aristotelian]

Over here wasting police time is a criminal offence, it includes making a false report about public safety...is there a similar offence in U.S. jurisdictions?

[Chris_]

Over here wasting police time is a criminal offence, it includes making a false report about public safety...is there a similar offence in U.S. jurisdictions?

Yes.  Filing a false report is usually a misemeanor offense.

[JohnnyReb]

I suggest that if anyone EVER sees Zimmerman they instantly call the cops ....yeah, he's going to need them because he'll have 6 hoodie wearing ghetto rats and a cracker ass Mexican dwarf Jew with the good rig following him.