Teaching cursive is dying?

[nintendofan61]

All I write in is cursive. My print handwriting looks like a 6 year old. On the other hand, my cursive writing looks quite more mature. I learnt Cursive, as it was a part of my curriculum back in 2nd grade.

 

[StarMayor]

I have mixed feelings about this. One one hand, I think it's important to have legible handwriting, just in case you need to utilise it at any point. On the other, when it came to cursive, teachers would get on my back all the time because it was just never good enough for them.

It got the point where my mum stepped in and told them all off about it because there were more important things to focus on. She's also a teacher.

To be honest, I think it all depends on a pupil's skills as well; I'm much better (and faster) at typing than I am at cursive writing.

 

[ShinyYoshi]

I was seriously taught cursive for one year. I only use it to sign checks or papers. The one time I had to use it for a practical use was that I had to copy down a paragraph in cursive for my SATs.
Other than that, I barely ever use it and when I do use it, it looks absolutely awful.

 

[Smoke]

I don't even use cursive to sign things. I kinda just lazily write my name and connect letters to make it look like it's cursive.

 

[whimsu]

I love cursive writing, and I wish I was better at it. I can read it, and write it, but I want real elegant girly cursive. My cursive looks more like guy cursive, haha! ^^;;; We were taught it in elemenatry, and I remember in 5th grade we were told continuously that that would be all we could write, in middle school. Which was soooo wrong. I had a couple assignments where we had to write an essay in cursive, but nothing big! I wish it was stressed more, I think cursive writing is very pretty, and whether or not my sister AND kids are taught it, I'll be sure to teach them. c:

 

[XTheLancerX]

I don't know if this has been mentioned, and sorry in advance for bringing back an old topic, but has anyone thought about... (This applies to US people pretty much) if you want to read the constitution, for example? I know all of you are going to say "Look up the amendments on the internet where you can read them" but, that may not be as reliable. Y'know, trolling people, putting in weird fake things, ect. Anyway, if you want to read a copy that is actually in cursive, you won't be able to read it, and you won't know your rights if you weren't deliberately taught in school to memorize them, which is now a rarer case. Just a thought, although there may be a lot of other factors and workarounds... Probably going to get flamed for this or, quickly proved that this was kind of a stupid statement. xD

 

[ForestRabbit]

I think it's one of the most romantic methods I learned from my childhood. Sure, it may not be the most practical style of writing for most people, but as an artist, I found great use for cursive. I like taking my notes in cursive-- I don't have to pick up my pen from the paper a whole lot. Cursive comes in handy when I do creative writing.

 

[whimsy]

Personally I just think cursive looks really pretty so I still use it. I remember a lot of people having trouble learning it when I was growing up, though, so maybe it's better to focus on something more meaningful instead of taking time teaching kids ANOTHER way to write what they already know.

 

[Wing]

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[Isabella]

I'm not good at writing in cursive so I just write normally. I do kind of connect some of my letters sometimes though, like if I need to write fast when taking notes or something.

 

[RhinoK]

I was taught to write cursive when I was six or seven, and I moved to a place where nearly no one writes cursively. Spelling tests are hell, because my 's' looks like a 'z'. Everyone likes cursive writing but I don't like how sloppy and untidy it can look.

 

[discopolice]

probably my favorite story about this goes like such: when I was in ninth grade, we had to take the biology SAT II. on the SAT sign-up forms, there's a section in which you must write out a pre-written oath that you are who you say you are - but you have to write it entirely in cursive. about half the class had to copy from other people, and it's this absurdly long thing so of course it took like 30 minutes for everyone to actually get it written down.

my print handwriting is absolute scrawl so I usually either write in block lettering or cursive.

 

[Yokie]

I remember it was optional in 2nd grade, but of course, lazy as I am, I declined. I can't even read cursive.

 

[Keen]

Sadly, I'm feeling the effects of this.

I learned how to write cursive, but we stopped before anybody actually got good at it and now guess what?

I'm learning how to write cursive again in college. We need it for our course, and let me tell you, there are quite a few people in my classes who are struggling with it, funny thing is, our instructors won't let use 'print' and at least half our papers must be hand written.

 

[Unidentified Floor Orange]

I think teaching cursive is a waste of time. Not because I hate cursive (it can look really pretty) but because once they teach it to you, they don't reinforce it. I was taught cursive in third grade (iirc) and never again did the teachers require it.

 

[Nic]

Cursive has declined because teachers are more worried about the $$$ and the state standarized tests. The only "cursive" that should be taught is how to sign, because that's the only need for it today.

 

[Chris]

I was taking in consent forms yesterday, and I noticed that the majority of the signatures were printed rather than in cursive. The fanciest-looking signature was by a gent in his 50s.

 

[Nic]

I was taking in consent forms yesterday, and I noticed that the majority of the signatures were printed rather than in cursive. The fanciest-looking signature was by a gent in his 50s.

Printing your signature is bad. Anyone could easily copy with it minimal effort.

 

[Chris]

Printing your signature is bad. Anyone could easily copy with it minimal effort.

That's exactly why it stood out to me. They often changed the slant of their writing or adjusted the style a little, but it was still technically in print. One person's writing didn't change at all between his regular handwriting and his signature.

 

[MyLifeIsCake]

Meh. They taught us cursive in the third grade. I personally never use it now, except to write my name. But a few friends still use it all the time! :x