[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Cursive writing... (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/14/2009 10:49:07 AM EDT
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I can't fucking do it anymore.
My signature is a montage of scribbles. I saw my 8 year old daughter write in cursive the other day and tried to show her how to do a certain letter in a word and I couldn't even make it look half as good as hers lol. Who else is struck with this problem? |
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I can't fucking do it anymore. My signature is a montage of scribbles. I saw my 8 year old daughter write in cursive the other day and tried to show her how to do a certain letter in a word and I couldn't even make it look half as good as hers lol. Who else is struck with this problem? In my biology class, the professor makes us write a paper on an article he gives us. He wants it done in cursive, because he believes hand writing is an art form. I can usually get about a sentence into it before it becomes an illegible mess. So I write it just like I normally do and he is yet to count off for it. |
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I can't fucking do it anymore. My signature is a montage of scribbles. I saw my 8 year old daughter write in cursive the other day and tried to show her how to do a certain letter in a word and I couldn't even make it look half as good as hers lol. Who else is struck with this problem? The 15 to 18yr old kids I teach can't even READ much less WRITE.(NOT my fault..THEY ARE JUST LAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) 
CURSIVE???????  BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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I print everything, except my signature...which in no way resembles my name. Yes. What the fuck is the point in cursive anyway? Faster writing since you don't have to keep lifting the pen off the paper. DING! DING! DING!..."We have a winner!" |
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I print everything, except my signature...which in no way resembles my name. Yes. What the fuck is the point in cursive anyway? Faster writing since you don't have to keep lifting the pen off the paper. In theory, but most of us can print just as fast, and more legibly, since we were not conditioned to take noted in cursive - instead it was presented as some sort of artform to be done slowly and painstakingly. The snobbery of handwriting that infected the school system was its own undoing. |
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Same here. I only sign my name in cursive anymore, everything else, block lettering. Lucky, my signature looks like crap compared to what it used to look like. I think that it has to do with my time in the military; signing a kabillion documents that you really don't give a damn about ruined my signature. I don't know why they still teach cursive in school, other than teaching kids how to write their signature's. They were still teaching it when I was in grade school in the 90s. |
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I print everything, except my signature...which in no way resembles my name. This. If I sign my name three times it will be spelled differently each time, and you can't actually read anything but the first letter of each part. It makes me feel stupid.
On the up-side, I could be a doctor!! 
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I like that the people who hate cursive are the same people who cant write in cursive. I can't even read it sometimes. My mom and dad write in cursive. I'm always going up to them and asking for a translation. I know I'm not alone because in some of my classes the professor writes in cursive, and I occasionally get prodded quietly for a translation by a classmate. I think the worst cursive I've tried to read was my now deceased grandfather's handwritten letter that he sent me about a month before he died. The letter was so bad not even a fourth opinion could read it. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I like that the people who hate cursive are the same people who cant write in cursive. I can't even read it sometimes. My mom and dad write in cursive. I'm always going up to them and asking for a translation. I know I'm not alone because in some of my classes the professor writes in cursive, and I occasionally get prodded quietly for a translation by a classmate. I think the worst cursive I've tried to read was my now deceased grandfather's handwritten letter that he sent me about a month before he died. The letter was so bad not even a fourth opinion could read it. He was trying to tell you the secret location of his gun/ammo/gold stash.  |
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I like that the people who hate cursive are the same people who cant write in cursive. I can't even read it sometimes. My mom and dad write in cursive. I'm always going up to them and asking for a translation. I know I'm not alone because in some of my classes the professor writes in cursive, and I occasionally get prodded quietly for a translation by a classmate. I think the worst cursive I've tried to read was my now deceased grandfather's handwritten letter that he sent me about a month before he died. The letter was so bad not even a fourth opinion could read it. That's reason enough to learn it. To lose the ability to read things written in your own language is sad. Its scary to think someday historians will have to get documents translated by experts in archaic english alphabets. |
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I like that the people who hate cursive are the same people who cant write in cursive. I can't even read it sometimes. My mom and dad write in cursive. I'm always going up to them and asking for a translation. I know I'm not alone because in some of my classes the professor writes in cursive, and I occasionally get prodded quietly for a translation by a classmate. I think the worst cursive I've tried to read was my now deceased grandfather's handwritten letter that he sent me about a month before he died. The letter was so bad not even a fourth opinion could read it. He was trying to tell you the secret location of his gun/ammo/gold stash. Already took all of the guns before he went senile.  The gold treasure will never be found in that damn house.
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I like that the people who hate cursive are the same people who cant write in cursive. I can't even read it sometimes. My mom and dad write in cursive. I'm always going up to them and asking for a translation. I know I'm not alone because in some of my classes the professor writes in cursive, and I occasionally get prodded quietly for a translation by a classmate. I think the worst cursive I've tried to read was my now deceased grandfather's handwritten letter that he sent me about a month before he died. The letter was so bad not even a fourth opinion could read it. That's reason enough to learn it. To lose the ability to read things written in your own language is sad. Its scary to think someday historians will have to get documents translated by experts in archaic english alphabets. I can read it. It mostly has to do with the legibility of it. Some people just can't write cursive legible. |
My handwriting is horrible when I attempt cursive.  I've heard it's more of a guy issue than a woman issue. Women typically write in cursive, while guys don't. Its probably because guys are more concerned with writing something that people can easily understand while women want to stand out and draw attention to themselves through words.
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My handwriting is horrible when I attempt cursive. I've heard it's more of a guy issue than a woman issue. Women typically write in cursive, while guys don't. Its probably because guys are more concerned with writing something that people can easily understand while women want to stand out and draw attention to themselves through words.Yep, we only care about getting the job done; they want it done beautifully. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I like that the people who hate cursive are the same people who cant write in cursive. I can't even read it sometimes. My mom and dad write in cursive. I'm always going up to them and asking for a translation. I know I'm not alone because in some of my classes the professor writes in cursive, and I occasionally get prodded quietly for a translation by a classmate. I think the worst cursive I've tried to read was my now deceased grandfather's handwritten letter that he sent me about a month before he died. The letter was so bad not even a fourth opinion could read it. That's reason enough to learn it. To lose the ability to read things written in your own language is sad. Its scary to think someday historians will have to get documents translated by experts in archaic english alphabets. I can read it. It mostly has to do with the legibility of it. Some people just can't write cursive legible. Exactly, it's not the fault of the reader for being unable to figure out what the hell other other person wrote down. |
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I haven't used that shit since they taught it to me in like...what? 3rd grade? Only time I use it is signing my name, and sometimes just for shits and giggles I just purposely use a little squiggle without even trying to properly write my name just to see if anyone catches it...no one has yet.
Hell I type SOO much faster than I write as it is. |
| My handwriting sucks but cursive is about 3 times faster than printing. I almost never print. I am a dentist and have to write up a lot of notes every day. I don't care if some people have trouble reading it to be honest. I have found 90% have no issues. I think the other 10% that is to dumb to not be able to read it never really learned to write with it well. |
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Quoted: In my biology class, the professor makes us write a paper on an article he gives us. He wants it done in cursive, because he believes hand writing is an art form. I can usually get about a sentence into it before it becomes an illegible mess. So I write it just like I normally do and he is yet to count off for it. Tell your professor that the Latin script as used by the Roman Empire was 1) in all upper case, 2) all block print, 3) had no spaces between the words. Edit: the whole connect the words and toss in spaces is an Arabic thing....  |
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I write all my personal notes in cursive, and what few letters and TY notes I write. Holdover I guess from grade school when we had to use those old pens that you dipped into the well in the neck of an ink bottle. I dug that and my old slide rule out back when our daughters were still in HS to show them.
All my crop reports to customers though, and of course email, are with Word. These are certainly more legible than my handwriting. |
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I went to Catholic School.
My handwriting I have to say is excellent. I have been told several times that I could have signed the Declaration of Independance. When I write checks, the cashier has more than once looked up and said "..you went to Catholic school, right?" Writing clearly is as important as speaking clearly. |
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I write in an amalgam of print and cursive that has evolved for me over the years. I get complimented on my penmanship frequently, which is amusing, since I'm left-handed. I'm a lefty too, but I get on rare occasions I will get criticized on my printed handwriting. 99.9 percent can read it, but it's not exactly pretty handwriting. |