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In reply to the discussion: Witness responds to suggestion that Trayvon lied before getting shot: ‘That’s real retarded, sir’ [View all]bike man
(620 posts)152. Cursive is basically printing without lifting the pen from the paper, letters joined together
and corners rounded.
IIRC, cursive is taught in schools by the fourth grade. Even if it is no longer taught, a 19 year old adult should have noticed the pattern of joined letters. Assuming a level of manual dexterity that prevents the ability to write in such a manner, that 19 year old (or any 19 year old) should be able to notice the similarity between a printed word such as 'bear' and the scripted version of the same word.
Failure to do so indicates a failure on the part of the student, not of the teachers or the school system.
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Witness responds to suggestion that Trayvon lied before getting shot: ‘That’s real retarded, sir’ [View all]
Playinghardball
Jun 2013
OP
She steadfastly told her story. She lied about her age from fear. You are so wrong it's funny.
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#177
She's under no obligation to tread lightly so as to avoid OFFENDING you or anyone else.
kestrel91316
Jun 2013
#11
I don't appreciate it when someone calls my 2 year old grandson, who has Downs Syndrome, retarded!
Dustlawyer
Jun 2013
#269
Why do you have to be like that? Do you not understand that the discussion was about
Dustlawyer
Jun 2013
#295
And that is the whole difference in usage. To call someone that word is a no no but to discribe an
jwirr
Jun 2013
#30
- just like something a person to whom that has applied might say or do- right?
loyalsister
Jun 2013
#193
Then it would have to be removed from usage in the automotive industry in regards to ignition.
LiberalFighter
Jun 2013
#281
The lawyer is not developmentally delayed, which i believe is the current term in use.
Kurovski
Jun 2013
#115
Kids from the special Olympics started a campaign to stop the use of this word as an insult.
dkf
Jun 2013
#120
What people are reacting to isn't her word choice. It's the strong but very quiet,controlled emotion
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#145
first of all, she didn't make a joke. and i am certain she did not mean to offend
noiretextatique
Jun 2013
#219
I heard several analysts say this as well -- the all-female jury did not appear to like
anneboleyn
Jun 2013
#278
This is not a comment on her, it's a comment on the peanut gallery cheering on the use of "retard".
dkf
Jun 2013
#222
I find her very convncing. Calm, resolute and quietly angry. The lawyer is trying hard to
1monster
Jun 2013
#230
Good point. The challenge for the defense will be to make the facts that stick fit with THEIR
KurtNYC
Jun 2013
#171
Yes! She is still a teenager, going to toe-to-toe with that knock knock joke lawyer.
brush
Jun 2013
#236
Cursive is essentially a font. It's a symbol set. There are now thousands in common use.
Thor_MN
Jun 2013
#66
I found the same thing while working at a college. Many students don't know how to write in cursive.
brush
Jun 2013
#237
Cursive is basically printing without lifting the pen from the paper, letters joined together
bike man
Jun 2013
#152
Very few schools still teach cursive. Unfortunately, the focus by state and federal education
1monster
Jun 2013
#234
I suspect people failed that child in bigger ways than not prettying up her diction.
MH1
Jun 2013
#45
Every year my mother gives us birthday cards with a personal message written in cursive
BeliQueen
Jun 2013
#72
We are mortal. We have a limited amount of time and energy to spend on learning things,
tblue37
Jun 2013
#84
I'm willing to bet you have used algebra since high school -- just not the higher, more obscure
1monster
Jun 2013
#238
Quite often, they print the letters and hook them together with little curved lines...
1monster
Jun 2013
#239
She clearly should've said, "I question the fundamental premise underlying your logic, sir." instead
RufusTFirefly
Jun 2013
#215
I think what the posters are affirming is not her word choice but the utter contempt
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#143
agreed. in fact, i would have replaced the word "real" with the word "fucking.."
frylock
Jun 2013
#214
Now there's a word that a teenager for whom English is a third language should be able to
eridani
Jun 2013
#155
If you have a complaint please make a statement. Tell us how you feel instead of asking idiot
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#25
So you cant pass up an opportunity for righteous indignation? We all agree that comments like hers
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#36
Sorry...card carrying and official member of the Democratic Party and not a socialist.
dkf
Jun 2013
#55
Once again. No one here is condoning what she said, just that she "stood her ground". nm
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#187
Have you never heard anyone explain why this is hurtful to the disabled community?
dkf
Jun 2013
#116
The witness wasn't really thinking about a cause right then. And don't you mean "Differently
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#182
Yes, it's such a shame that teenagers for whom English is a third language haven't memorized Rogets
eridani
Jun 2013
#157
for at least the tenth time in this thread, she did not call the attorney retarded, she said his
niyad
Jun 2013
#201
As the stepmother of an autistic young man and the mother of a mildly autistic young man,
1monster
Jun 2013
#263
she may not be polished and highly educated, but she is fiercely loyal and says what she thinks
sad-cafe
Jun 2013
#27
There is not an iota of "sarcasm" in that post, unless your defintion differs from the norm.
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#185
you are really desperately trying to alter the reality of what happpened
noiretextatique
Jun 2013
#225
People need to stop with the disingenuous "indignation" here. "Rachel said 'retarded'! She's PRE-JU-
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#181
The real thing that has gotten retarded* here is the advancement of the discussion
RVN VET
Jun 2013
#273