[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Do you write in cursive? (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 3/17/2007 2:42:44 PM EDT
No, not "cursing"  .... I mean cursive, you know like handwriting? My son is learning cursive handwriting in school now and it just seems so useless. He can print well enough and so why is cursive still taught? Isn't it kind of like learning how to write with a quill and ink... pretty outdated? Other than your signature, do any of you write in cursive or know when there'd ever be a need to write in cursive as opposed to printing? Hard to motivate someone to learn to handwrite when I can't see any use or need for it. Can someone learn me on why it's important?
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| I I don't write in cursive, I also agree that it is fairly useless. What I hate the most is when people use cursive on documents other need to be able to read, especially if they're sloppy writers. Like when a Prof writes comments on your paper in cursive, so you have to go ask them what it says. |
| Try teaching in an elementary school and explaining why cursive is not taught or that there is not a big emphasis on it. I go through it every year. It is pretty much useless but most parents are so hung up on it not being taught. I #*%& hated cursive writing growing up. As soon as I reached the age that no one cared whether I wrote cursive I quit. |
ditto. Of course Im so far out of practice with cursive, my 'cursive' looks more a mix of cursive and shorthand. (only I can tell what I write down, and even then sometimes its quite difficult) |
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the funny thing is, when they taught us cursive (3rd grade?), and REQUIRED us to use it, i did, and continued to for years it wasn't until high school that i realized i was no longer writing in cursive, and not only couldn't remember WHEN i had quit using it, but also couldn't remember HOW to do it! write "quiz" in cursive i DARE you! |
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I write in cursive, especially when taking notes, since I write faster in cursive than printing. I do, however, now write a few letters differently than I was originally taught. This is usually either because a given letter was too stylized to be quickly and easily recognized during reading, or because I found that I could write it using shorter/fewer strokes. My biggest problem with legibility is not that I write in cursive, but rather is due to my being left-handed, as I frequently end up smearing ink/graphite all over the side of my hand and the paper. |
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Even when my cursive was fluid and natural, it was slower than block writing. I used to time it, and it's just grossly ineffecient....and harder to read when you do it fast and get sloppy. I don't use it, haven't since I was a teenager. I write in block letters, all caps if I'm in a hurry. |
As an employer, I would never hire anyone who could not write in cursive. It is an indication of a well rounded person. I still write letters and cards and only use cursive. If cursive is sissy then count me in! I will sit in the sissy corner with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan!  I want my children to learn it and use it. I even got each of them a calligraphy pen set so they can have fun creating letters. Like the caligraphy of the orient, I consider it a right of passage and a refinement of the mind. I also write with fountain pens. For me writing should be creative and expressive, not just something I must do. |
I used to back in school up until my sophomore year, then the teachers told us they didnt care if we wrote in cursive or print, they said they prefer print. Up until that point in my life EVERY english teacher i had ever remembered always told us to write in cursive. Cursive does give you a quicker speed to write though :/ Cursive is quite fast compared to print, but Print is sooooo much easier to read it sickening. Havent anyone of you guys ever went back to read something you wrote in highschool in cursive, or anytime in your life. I have, I tried to read an english report from my 7th grade class... I didnt know HOW THE FUCK my teacher even figured out what i was trying to say. Its funny how much our writing can change over time :/ |
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I have been told by several people that I could have signed the Declaration of Independence. On more than one occasion, I have handed a check over to someone, had them look at it and state "Catholic school, right?" It is damn near perfect. I consider penmanship as important as speaking well. Your signature says a lot about you. |
your writing sucks. fyi. your writing is between a 6th graders slapped down writing, and a rushed doctors. anyone that deals with doctors enough knows. |
Well lets see yours. I not saying it is perfect, but it is better than a lot of other writting I have seen. Are you a doctor? Oh, let me guess, you don't have a scanner or a camera so you can't post it. |
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I used too... grade school: taught print can write fast and legibly few grades later: taught cursive can only write slow and only a few people can read it. Taking notes sucked. I wrote in cursive all the way through high school. Hit college: forced myself back to print I occasionally slip into cursive but for the most part write in print |