December 15, 2025 • 6 mins
Paulina is upset that kids aren't learning cursive.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Yeah they talk better than they tell me.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
These are the radio blogs on the Fread Show.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Hip we're writing in our diaries, except we say them aloud.
We call them blogs. Paulina, Yes, go right ahead, Thank
you so much, dear blog. Something that's been weighing heavy
on my heart and like my mind lately is that
children these days, they don't experience a lot of things
that we did growing up.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
We know that already and that's not new, it's not
lost on me.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
But one thing that I don't like, I have an
issue with, is not knowing how to write cursive And.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Heavy on your heart this morning, it's really heavy, Like
give your kid the gift of cursive?
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Well, I like, please like do like, because here's the thing.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
My mom actually made a comment or maybe somebody else
did too recently that because she works in a school
and a lot of times the kids would have to
come in and sign paperwork and this is sad, but
they don't know how to sign their name. And that
got me thinking, well, you don't know how to write,
but then you don't know how to write cursive, because
when you sign a signature, isn't it typically cursive?
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Is that how you guys were taught?
Speaker 1 (01:28):
If you sign, if you have.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
A print signature, then you are a serial killer, or
you're a child. I don't know that sure is print,
or you're my niece Polly who's four exactly.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Yes, why are like twelve, thirteen, sixteen year olds not
signing their name? Like to me, I thought that was
just something that you grow up kind of learning, and
that really shook me.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
To my they don't teach cursive it I don't think they. Okay,
for a while, no, I'm looking it up.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
It says twenty ten.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
I don't know if it's banned, but like it got
it stopped because of common Core, which I don't know
what that is.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
I don't even like math, I think, right, so what
is I think?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
But it might be for the reaching I don't know.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Yes, it's common core something and.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Me too.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
And they're not teaching kids cursive, which bothers me because
like I have a child who's almost two, and I'm
like starting to look at schools. I know, I'm a
little I'm crazy whatever, but I want her to go
to a school where honestly a caveman's school at this point,
like I want her to use her hands and figure
things out. I don't want iPads, and I truly like
parents don't have me, don't don't, don't fight me. I
don't want to give my kid an iPad unless like
we absolutely have to. You know, I'm talking about like
(02:34):
the long plane rides, all of that car rides, like
long car rides. I'll do that, but I'm not just
gonna give it to her like on a Tuesday afternoon
when she's two years old, just because.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Like I don't catch looking at Harvard online.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Well we have worn to Harvard.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
You guys want my kids a genius because yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
My kid is like really smart for almost two. Like
I'm sorry, I'm a big flex on yours. Like my
kid's smart.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Well, remember during the draft recently, I think that there
was a young kid who didn't know how to sign
his like NFL contract, like you know, we're literally just
says I sign your name here. And I think he
was had to ask for help because he's a never
signed a contract before.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
But b they don't like know what to do, which
is crazy. It is crazy.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
I feel like basic life skills, like I don't know
how to boil an eggtells like twenty five years old.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I admit that, right, they had a basic lisk.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I think it should be the boiled egg, like I
really learned that, yes.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
And that Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Now, I'm sure all the technology we could boil eggs,
it probably does. But like my whole point is like
I just want my kid to like use I don't know,
like her brain and critical thinking skills and like learn
how to write her name or at least sign her
name when she's twenty years old going to Harvard, Like
I want her to be able to sign her name.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Well, people over here, you know we learned. I think
I brought this up before and you guys didn't know
what I was talking about. But I'm not that much
older than you guys. But we had uh Prant. Of course,
we learned how to write in print. And then we
had Danelion, which was which was one step between. I
looked up with her one night and in New Orleans.
(04:01):
She was incredible. No, I worked with her. It's at Lebert. No. No,
it was a mixed but it was like the step
between print and cursive. It was like print, but it
had like the little endings on it. And then you
went from Danelion to cursive because you like, basically you
learn how to write each cursive word in cursive without
(04:21):
connecting them. That was Danelion, and then and then you
had But here's the thing. The very second that somebody
stopped policing cursive, I started writing in print. And now
I write like an architect. But the problem is, it
takes me a very long time to write something.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
I bet.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I wish that I had sort of paid more to
I don't know, kept up catch with my cursive because like,
it's so much faster to write in cursive than this
then print, and I write in print, and so I
wish I didn't. But common Core are the learning standards,
not just now I remember them. However, whatever that is,
(04:56):
no cursive Montossori school. Someone said could send them there.
Some Catholic schools still teach it.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
I guess.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
I'm sure they teach a lot of things. Yeah, I
don't know. I don't know. I mean, you're right, though
they don't. I don't think it's a common thing anymore.
And I think it's because where they assume that people
just don't have to write anything anymore.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
I know we live in a very digital world, but
I think again, like boil an egg, write in cursive
two things that we just got to teach our kids.
And I'm gonna start now. Gi is gonna learn how
to write her autographs.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
And make.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
My eggs, make mommy your eggs age too.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Yeah, I know, I get it. I get Mommy a beer.
And that you're more upset about the egg thing.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
I am, because I'm like worried, like why you don't
know how to boil the egg specifically, but like how
long are you supposed to boil it?
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Like I didn't know, I had to look at but
like you could probably boil it too much.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Oh yeah, I'm sure you can't. Honestly, if you gave
me a pot of water and a bunch of eggs.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I could probably figure it out, but it would take
it like a little trial and error.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Who knew about the ice path after and the to
get the shells off easier? This is not people aren't
just praying up with.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
This geeky it's problem with it with the original program,
you know, like James Brown on the phone right now,
I got a little like a little machine for it now.
And what do I need that for?
Speaker 3 (06:14):
You need to know, bro, what if the machine is broken?
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Then I guess it's I don't.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I didn't realize Devil's eggs were such a staple of survival.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
What if I don't have to mail? I got to
make that too,
This is the Fread Show.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Jane is taking over Las Vegas this January for his
seven night residents Eve Doobe Live at Park MGM, and
we've got a trip for two to the January twenty
fifth Shoke to Night Hotel, State Park MGM January twenty
fourth through the twenty sixth and round trip airfare. Text
Remember to three seven three three seven now for a
chance to win. A confirmation text will be said. Standard
(00:22):
message of data rates may apply. All thanks to Live Nation.
Yeah they talk better than they tell me.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
These are the radio blogs on the Fread Show.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Hip we're writing in our diaries, except we say them aloud.
We call them blogs. Paulina, Yes, go right ahead, Thank
you so much, dear blog. Something that's been weighing heavy
on my heart and like my mind lately is that
children these days, they don't experience a lot of things
that we did growing up.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
We know that already and that's not new, it's not
lost on me.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
But one thing that I don't like, I have an
issue with, is not knowing how to write cursive And.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Heavy on your heart this morning, it's really heavy, Like
give your kid the gift of cursive?
Speaker 3 (01:05):
Well, I like, please like do like, because here's the thing.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
My mom actually made a comment or maybe somebody else
did too recently that because she works in a school
and a lot of times the kids would have to
come in and sign paperwork and this is sad, but
they don't know how to sign their name. And that
got me thinking, well, you don't know how to write,
but then you don't know how to write cursive, because
when you sign a signature, isn't it typically cursive?
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Is that how you guys were taught?
Speaker 1 (01:28):
If you sign, if you have.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
A print signature, then you are a serial killer, or
you're a child. I don't know that sure is print,
or you're my niece Polly who's four exactly.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Yes, why are like twelve, thirteen, sixteen year olds not
signing their name? Like to me, I thought that was
just something that you grow up kind of learning, and
that really shook me.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
To my they don't teach cursive it I don't think they. Okay,
for a while, no, I'm looking it up.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
It says twenty ten.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
I don't know if it's banned, but like it got
it stopped because of common Core, which I don't know
what that is.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
I don't even like math, I think, right, so what
is I think?
Speaker 1 (02:06):
But it might be for the reaching I don't know.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Yes, it's common core something and.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Me too.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
And they're not teaching kids cursive, which bothers me because
like I have a child who's almost two, and I'm
like starting to look at schools. I know, I'm a
little I'm crazy whatever, but I want her to go
to a school where honestly a caveman's school at this point,
like I want her to use her hands and figure
things out. I don't want iPads, and I truly like
parents don't have me, don't don't, don't fight me. I
don't want to give my kid an iPad unless like
we absolutely have to. You know, I'm talking about like
(02:34):
the long plane rides, all of that car rides, like
long car rides. I'll do that, but I'm not just
gonna give it to her like on a Tuesday afternoon
when she's two years old, just because.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Like I don't catch looking at Harvard online.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Well we have worn to Harvard.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
You guys want my kids a genius because yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
My kid is like really smart for almost two. Like
I'm sorry, I'm a big flex on yours. Like my
kid's smart.
Speaker 5 (02:56):
Well, remember during the draft recently, I think that there
was a young kid who didn't know how to sign
his like NFL contract, like you know, we're literally just
says I sign your name here. And I think he
was had to ask for help because he's a never
signed a contract before.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
But b they don't like know what to do, which
is crazy. It is crazy.
Speaker 4 (03:12):
I feel like basic life skills, like I don't know
how to boil an eggtells like twenty five years old.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I admit that, right, they had a basic lisk.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I think it should be the boiled egg, like I
really learned that, yes.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
And that Yeah.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Now, I'm sure all the technology we could boil eggs,
it probably does. But like my whole point is like
I just want my kid to like use I don't know,
like her brain and critical thinking skills and like learn
how to write her name or at least sign her
name when she's twenty years old going to Harvard, Like
I want her to be able to sign her name.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Well, people over here, you know we learned. I think
I brought this up before and you guys didn't know
what I was talking about. But I'm not that much
older than you guys. But we had uh Prant. Of course,
we learned how to write in print. And then we
had Danelion, which was which was one step between. I
looked up with her one night and in New Orleans.
(04:01):
She was incredible. No, I worked with her. It's at Lebert. No. No,
it was a mixed but it was like the step
between print and cursive. It was like print, but it
had like the little endings on it. And then you
went from Danelion to cursive because you like, basically you
learn how to write each cursive word in cursive without
(04:21):
connecting them. That was Danelion, and then and then you
had But here's the thing. The very second that somebody
stopped policing cursive, I started writing in print. And now
I write like an architect. But the problem is, it
takes me a very long time to write something.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
I bet.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I wish that I had sort of paid more to
I don't know, kept up catch with my cursive because like,
it's so much faster to write in cursive than this
then print, and I write in print, and so I
wish I didn't. But common Core are the learning standards,
not just now I remember them. However, whatever that is,
(04:56):
no cursive Montossori school. Someone said could send them there.
Some Catholic schools still teach it.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
I guess.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
I'm sure they teach a lot of things. Yeah, I
don't know. I don't know. I mean, you're right, though
they don't. I don't think it's a common thing anymore.
And I think it's because where they assume that people
just don't have to write anything anymore.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
I know we live in a very digital world, but
I think again, like boil an egg, write in cursive
two things that we just got to teach our kids.
And I'm gonna start now. Gi is gonna learn how
to write her autographs.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
And make.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
My eggs, make mommy your eggs age too.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Yeah, I know, I get it. I get Mommy a beer.
And that you're more upset about the egg thing.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
I am, because I'm like worried, like why you don't
know how to boil the egg specifically, but like how
long are you supposed to boil it?
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Like I didn't know, I had to look at but
like you could probably boil it too much.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Oh yeah, I'm sure you can't. Honestly, if you gave
me a pot of water and a bunch of eggs.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
I could probably figure it out, but it would take
it like a little trial and error.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Who knew about the ice path after and the to
get the shells off easier? This is not people aren't
just praying up with.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
This geeky it's problem with it with the original program,
you know, like James Brown on the phone right now,
I got a little like a little machine for it now.
And what do I need that for?
Speaker 3 (06:14):
You need to know, bro, what if the machine is broken?
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Then I guess it's I don't.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
I didn't realize Devil's eggs were such a staple of survival.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
What if I don't have to mail? I got to
make that too,
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