Geoffrey Palmer Essays

Welcome! Citizens of Oceania, welcome. I know that there has been some speculation regarding my existence and my whereabouts. Know that even though none of you have seen me before, I have always been watching you. Whenever you see a poster that reads, “Big Brother is watching you,” know that this is the absolute truth, and anyone who says otherwise is revocable. I am certain that some of you might feel lost, and I am here to erase any doubts you have. I am here today to help each and every one of

Cursive Writing in Elementary Schools As technology becomes more prevalent in our society, we often see older traditions dying out. Classic chalkboards are replaced with high-tech Smart Boards, handwritten letters replaced by a Facebook message. It’s normal for the human race to evolve to bigger and better things, but there are some traditions so valuable they must be preserved through the generations. Cursive writing is one of those traditions, and yet some believe elementary schools shouldn’t

Do you seriously don’t know what the heck has gotten into polices head. My issue what cops are selfishness, laziness, weak, and just not doing their job. Cops can be selfish often when they think you committed a crime just because you 're black, or they just assume, and have no proof. They have no evidence, no proof, no clues. And sometimes when there’s a case not even that big, they think they can just take their own little time. They think, oh ok, so this man just got robbed, and this type of things

Derrick Guide is a luxury realtor who's been suspected of using his business as a front for organized crime. Most recently, he was charged with attempted murder. He was pardoned from prison after saving the warden from a violent inmate. All of his former wives accused him of abuse. Derrick has an infant daughter, Isabelle, with fellow realtor Caroline Cameron, who's also been investigated for underground criminal activity. She served a brief prison sentence for forgery. Derrick and Caroline aren't

Dynatronics, Inc. Dynatronics, Inc. is a company which was formed in Burlington, Massachusetts in 1979 by three electrical engineers. The company produce digital systems with several lines of proprietary items sold as components and had considerable success since its founding. According to the tendency of increasing of customer demand they expanded it’s business to variety of special purpose systems that applied digital techniques to computing, control tasks, information handling, and data processing

Should cursive writing be a required skill for high school graduation? In my oppinion, yes, it should be required. There are many reasons behind this, but I will list only a few. These reasons being brain excercise, memory devolopment, and hand eye coordination. Lets start with brain excercise, cursive writing has been proven to work parts of the human brain that typing or printing does not. For example, there have been cases wehre a person has sustained a serious head injury and can no longer

THESIS: Even though many value the skill as important for efficiency and brain development, cursive should not be taught in elementary schools or above, because print develops the brain with similar efficiency, cursive is no longer necessary for most jobs, and learning cursive wastes time which could be spent learning more valuable skills such as keyboarding or computer programming.  The Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the U.S. Bill of Rights were all written in cursive. These

Many characters’ appearances in stories define them before they even speak. Similar to when people judge one another based on their clothing, the audience of a story makes assumptions about the characters by what they wear. However, the characters’ clothing does much more than convey information about the wearer: it sets the scene, interacting and blending with the setting to create cohesion. Memoirs of a Geisha, “Miss Brill,” Suits, and Hannibal all portray central characters whose descriptions

Famous American playwright Arthur Miller wrote a play entitled The Crucible in 1953, which reinserted the story of the Salem witch trials back into the American consciousness. At first glance, the Salem witch trials may seem a strange subject for a play, but delving deeper into the political climate of the 1950s, it does not seem strange at all. The play served as an allegory for the Red Scare happening at the time, specifically the ideology of McCarthyism that was used to place Americans on trial

Cursive was taught to older generations and are very vivid to them, now if it is vivid to the old generations how is it going for the newer generations. In the online excerpt “Handwriting Matters; Cursive Doesn’t” by Kate Gladstone argues about how people don’t need cursive but, the need handwriting. In the other online excerpt Benefits of “Cursive Go Beyond Writing”, by Suzanne Baruch tells about how people need cursive and how it is important. In the video “Write stuff”, by NBC Nightly News talks

Writing in cursive, which uses continuous, flowing characters, is a common way to write more quickly. Cursive handwriting has just been dropped from the required curriculum, despite the fact that handwriting has long been taught in schools. Studies suggest that mastering cursive increases understanding and memory, and many teachers support its selective instruction in classrooms. Despite the teachers' objections, cursive was eliminated from grades K–12. As a result, we must make the most of the chances

“When children are exposed to cursive handwriting, changes occur in their brains that allows a child to overcome motor challenges” -Dr. David Sortino psychologist and current director of Education Strategies (3). On average a child in the United States learns cursive in the third or fourth grade. Generally as one grows up they only use cursive to sign their name if even that. Yet cursive is a vital learning tool that needs to continue being taught in schools. First of all it is an absolute necessity

Today, 41 states around the United States no longer teach students to write in cursive. Some schools have gotten to the point where printed handwriting is no longer taught and technology is the primary source. In my opinion, cursive writing should still be instructed in schools today. Being able to write in cursive is a practical life skill that provides people with an abundance of opportunities. In addition, numerous documents from our World’s history are written in cursive and a copious amount

Everyday there are new victims to this unjustified social issue, and everywhere it happens, but the victims are helpless to stop it. This social issue perpetuates inequality, offensive stereotypes and unpleasant remarks/ observations. This social issue is known as sexism towards women and its continuity is being preserved by men. The artifact in question is a comic series called “Archie”. Although, not the entire series itself, but rather a specific piece, which states that all women are failures

Imagine what life would be without cursive writing? First of all, handwriting is 50% of literacy. Furthermore, it has more literature and writes notes faster. Most importantly, it makes our brain cooperate with each other and keeps are brain in shape. In my opinion, I strongly believe that cursive writing should still be taught today. First of all, hand writing is 50% of literacy. In addition when they grow up they have to sign a signature for bills and even for checks. Next, it could affect your

I remember walking down my elementary school’s hallway, looking at the fifth grader’s projects, hanging on the wall all beautiful in cursive writing. It looked nice but even in third grade I was dreading having to write that much in cursive. I was wondering if I could run away and live in the woods, you didn’t need to write anything in the woods. Thankfully I did not need to run away because just two short years later cursive was already obsolete, little did I know what a travesty this was. Children

Cursive Writing Should be Taught in Schools Although cursive writing may not be as popular today as it used to be, it has been around for an extended period of time, all the way back to the 17th Century. Cursive was more widely used back in the day, although writing in print and using technology has began to replace this. Many people find it more convenient to just learn and use print writing, rather than learning cursive writing as well. Many people additionally find it more convenient just to type

Cursive Writing Do you realize that cursive writing is not helping us but torturing us instead? Cursive writing should not be taught because it is becoming less and less popular. It is difficult to read. We have learned it since second grade. We don’t think cursive writing goes very well with torture So Mrs. Steele, please don’t teach us cursive writing and prevent our disappointment. Cursive writing should not be taught because it is becoming less and less popular, it is harder to read, and we have

From the founding of the United States of America, penmanship has been a highly regarded virtue. This can be seen in historical documents, such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, through more modern times when samples of cursive were left on a plaque affixed to the moon’s surface in 1969 (Carpenter). However, recent changes in the national curriculum standards have seen a move away from this emphasis on good handwriting. The current standards, also known as the Common Core State

In her article Do We Really Need Cursive Writing, Caitlin Carpenter provides readers with content from both viewpoints of whether or not cursive writing should be taught in elementary school. With the rise of computers and technology in the past generation, and larger ratios of class time being spent on preparing for standardized testing, cursive writing has been shoved on the back burner in recent years. Some professors, such as Steve Graham of Vanderbilt University, may argue that the most efficient