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Other than writing thank you notes by hand, dont know how much we all do use. are their examples of what kids do with cursive handwriting that they dont do on their laptops any longer? >> well, i think that now almost everything is shifting to the laptop. but that doesnt need to be the case. i mean, you can still take notes by hand in the classroom. we have this push in the classroom towards more laptops, more tablets. instead, why dont teachers say, okay, for these lessons, youre only allowed t...

Get into evidence, clearly the prosecutor did not know that ms. jeantel could not read cursive handwriting, and instead she was embarrassed. the prosecution could have prevented this embarrassment by stipulating to the letter in evidence with the defense. i can go much more further with this. but you can also see my article on this case, msnbc.com, chris. >> okay. so basically, they made a lot of technical mistakes in asking their witness, their witness for the prosecution, if you will, to read ...

Cursive handwriting and instead she was embarrasses. the prosecution could have prevented this embarrassment by stipulating to the letter in evidence with the defense. i can go much moral further with this. but you can also see my article on this case, msnbc.com, chris. >> so basically they made a lot of tactical mistakes in asking, the witness for the prosecution, if you will, to read a letter they hadnt gone through with her. in other words, i remember for the testimony she was like i cant rea...

On thursday. >> rachel jeantel was hoping to put this all behind her with this simple handwritten letter to trayvons mother, a friend helped her write it. she sent it about a month after his death and in it explains what she remembers from that night. the man started getting closer, then trayvon turned around and said why are you following me? then i heard him fall. then the phone hung up. when the defense asked her to read the letter in court she said she couldnt read cursive handwriting and la...

To trayvons mother, a friend helped her write it. she sent it about a month after his death and in it explains what she remembers from that night. the man started getting closer, then trayvon turned around and said why are you following me? then i heard him fall. then the phone hung up. when the defense asked her to read the letter in court she said she couldnt read cursive handwriting and later explained shes of haitian descent and grew up speaking spanish. on her facebook monday, two days befo...

She sent it about a month after his death and in it explains what she remembers from that night. the man started getting closer, then trayvon turned around and said why are you following me? then i heard him fall. then the phone hung up. when the defense asked her to read the letter in court she said she couldnt read cursive handwriting and later explained shes of haitian descent and grew up speaking spanish. on her facebook monday, two days before her testimony began she posted i know i have a ...

Cur cursive. >> she admits she cant read cursive handwriting. does that admission in your opinion make her sympathetic? >> i dont think it affects the sympathy calculus a whole lot because the real question was she believable. i think the attorney pushing the point as he did unnecessarily may have been unsympathetic. but do i think that she is somebody that this jury easily connects to? i dont think so. whether or not the jury can relate to her in a normal sense of seeing somebody who might be t...

He is research fellow american enterprise institute. founder of divalicious moms. i like that. both joining us for fair and balanced debate. do we need cursive anymore? >> i think we probably dont. but what we especially dont need is a law mandating that teach cursive. i have no problem if schools would like to teach their students cursive. but i think this is a case of some legislative micromanagement. what legislators should be doing is get out of of the way of teachers and principles to meet ...

Talking about a plan that could teach cursive handwriting to students. the education department dropped cursive writing as a requirement. they expected students to be more efficient in typing. this handwriting folks, it is a dying art. bill: you teach your kids to write letters, right? martha: absolutely. bill: good, smart, cool etiquette. martha: absolutely. bill: well-done. eye-popping numbers, bringing new calls to reform the u.s. tax code. we spend 6 billion hours a year doing taxes, folks. ...