To the editor: For years, cursive writing has not been taught in public faculties (“Have we forgotten how to say thank you?” March 19). Three of my 4 grandchildren can’t learn a letter that I write to them in cursive. My youngest grandchild, age 9, is studying cursive now. The article in regards to the lack of writing thank-you notes discusses one other misplaced artwork. Throughout COVID, I wrote letters to my grandchildren a number of occasions per week, in print type, not in cursive. However I’ve acquired written response and thank-you notes from all of them.
My two oldest grandchildren wrote many thank-you notes to company at their bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah, and every one in all them was custom-made to the reward acquired. My daughters have taught their youngsters {that a} handwritten and honest thank-you is the very least that one can do to supply gratitude. In an age the place gratitude is more and more absent, the small act of truly writing your letter of thanks has change into a fantastic act in and of itself.
Frima Telerant, Westwood
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To the editor: Thanks for an necessary reminder of courtesy and being grateful in our loopy and rushed world. I grew up in a house the place thank-you notes have been a normal, and it’s a life behavior that I get pleasure from and that the recipient all the time appreciates.
Laurie Kelson, Encino
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To the editor: Thanks to your article. Desperately wanted and all so true. My pet peeve is questioning if anybody says “thanks” anymore. It’s such a straightforward factor to do once more. Thanks, I’m so grateful to your ideas.
Suzanne MacMillin, Newport Seashore
