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Sadly, even tho I was taught cursive writing,
I can not really read *my own* cursive writing ...
Let alone other people, who have to read *my writing* when done in cursive.
All thru my professional life, I wrote - printed, everything.
Technical drawings never have cursive, so everything I wrote,
became printed, and on top of that, no such thing as upper or lower case ...
I only wrote in upper case.
If a word need an upper case, that letter was just bigger !
On the other hand, my wife has this (my opinion) really good looking cursive writing capability !
My signature ?
I am from Europe and many Europeans have this *special* signature, as I do also.
So cursive, but almost *unreadable* !
I completely disagree with you. Writing in cursive is quicker and easier for note taking and handwritten note taking is better for studying that typing on an electronic device.
I completely disagree with you. Writing in cursive is quicker and easier for note taking and handwritten note taking is better for studying that typing on an electronic device.
I have always taken copious handwritten notes, using sort of my own personal hybrid of print and cursive --- mostly cursive, since print is slower.
It always irked me when a lecturer would tell everyone to just put down our pens and listen. I do not learn that way. Just writing it down reinforces it for me. Even today if I make a shopping list I will remember most of the things on it even if I forget to take the list to the store.
Cursive writing is being phased out of the educational system in a lot of parts of the country. I keep hearing people freak out about this, but I don't really see the point of teaching cursive writing to our kids. We're not exactly dipping pens in ink these days, so what's the big deal? Printing is so much easier to read anyways, and with all the time that is wasted on teaching cursive, kids could be learning something useful like typing or another language.
Give me an actual legit reason for teaching cursive writing to all students. To me it's seems like teaching old English. It obviously would be important for a historian or something of that nature, but it has no place in modern society IMO.
How are they going to sign their names? Cursive writing looks like an adult wrote it. Block letters look childish.
and if they don't learn to write it will they be able to read it?
Not reading all of the older comments, so forgive me if this has been said. But, one value of cursive writing is that it is faster to write with than is printing. Thus it is ideal for note taking, for writing a quick message, for jotting down a thought. And moving from printing to writing during childhood is a mild form of self-discipline and somewhat of an art technique.
Handwriting makes each of us slightly different and allows a subtle expression of personality. If kids today balk against learning to write that's okay with me. It just lets older folk have a 'secret' way of communicating. If kids want to use a more primitive style (printing), let them go ahead. Just make sure they are given a chisel and stone as well so they can go all the way back to 'simple'.
Not reading all of the older comments, so forgive me if this has been said. But, one value of cursive writing is that it is faster to write with than is printing. Thus it is ideal for note taking, for writing a quick message, for jotting down a thought. And moving from printing to writing during childhood is a mild form of self-discipline and somewhat of an art technique.
Handwriting makes each of us slightly different and allows a subtle expression of personality. If kids today balk against learning to write that's okay with me. It just lets older folk have a 'secret' way of communicating. If kids want to use a more primitive style (printing), let them go ahead. Just make sure they are given a chisel and stone as well so they can go all the way back to 'simple'.
Agree on all points! I use cursive for notes, but I find myself using OneNote at work for notes more and more (typing my notes).
We've been teaching our kids cursive. They're in 2nd grade. They're in a Mandarin immersion school, so they're writing Chinese characters as well.
Not reading all of the older comments, so forgive me if this has been said. But, one value of cursive writing is that it is faster to write with than is printing. Thus it is ideal for note taking, for writing a quick message, for jotting down a thought. And moving from printing to writing during childhood is a mild form of self-discipline and somewhat of an art technique.
Handwriting makes each of us slightly different and allows a subtle expression of personality. If kids today balk against learning to write that's okay with me. It just lets older folk have a 'secret' way of communicating. If kids want to use a more primitive style (printing), let them go ahead. Just make sure they are given a chisel and stone as well so they can go all the way back to 'simple'.
Wow you sure are a bit emotional about this. The truth of the matter is is that cursive writing is becoming phased out of our culture because of technology. I mean the only practical reason I can see for it is signing documents and even for that it is becoming more obsolete as some entities allow people to sign things by keyboard not to mention that many people's signatures just look like illegible scribble/scrabble anyway. If you want to keep it around for sentimental reasons then have at it but for practical purposes it has become unecessary.
How are they going to sign their names? Cursive writing looks like an adult wrote it. Block letters look childish.
and if they don't learn to write it will they be able to read it?
Have not read all comments; has someone mentioned how easy it would be to forge a signature, if only block letters used? To me, some thought needs to go along with learning cursive, almost like math. It does seem like an art form. Writing, becomes second nature, should be an option; hope it is not phased out.
I have my own shorthand method of taking notes......writing is quicker than printing, we need more thought provoking techniques; not less. Brain games?
Schools, funded by government, indirectly by the taxpayers, ever seek to cut expenses, not improve education.
Most people who were taught cursive writing, were never exposed to the prior art of calligraphy, which was the impetus for the simplified cursive writing.
If calligraphy was taught as an art form, part of every curriculum, cursive writing's importance becomes self evident.
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