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Thatâs not taught in schools anymore. No penmanship and kids and younger people canât even hold a pen or pencil correctly. The pens/pencils are gripped as if itâs a handle of a hammer.
Now most English content work comes East to India (where I am ) and other countries here. Maybe in a few years, handwriting will be seen only in old British colonies and US dependenciesâŠ
I think it was about 10 years ago when I ran first ran into an adult that couldnât read cursive English. They actually got angry at another person for using some sort of strange foreign language.
They taught it when I was in Elementary, but once I hit Middle School, you were NOT to use cursive when writing essays and the like. Teachers found it too hard to read everyoneâs penmanship, which could be terrible and illegible. That pretty much killed off cursive for my entire generation, which is probably why they eventually stopped teaching it.
The worst printing is still more legible than the worst cursive.
I encouraged my daughter to teach her sons to read and write cursive over the summer when they were at an appropriate age. Their penmanship is ghastly, but they can read. At least itâs a step up on most people their age (now teenagers.)
I was taught cursive writing in elementary school. I wasnât the best at it but it was readable. After going to college and writing notes in cursive fast to keep up, it got to where I was the only one that could read my handwriting. They say that is why medical doctorâs handwriting is usually bad. Now if I want anyone to read what I write, I have to print it out.
Every once in a while I see a very old document in cursive, and even though I can read and write in cursive, the writing in that document is so different from the cursive I know and practice that I canât make it out.
With age has come micro-tremors. My cursiveâand my printing for that matterâhas deteriorated in the last decade or so.
No moaning and groaning over the end of teaching cursive from me. lâm left-handed and my hands were never that steady anyway, so back in 3rd and 4th grades I was the absolute worst at it. Hated learning it, hated using it, and gave up on it a long time ago. Donât miss it at all.
When I was in middle school (grades 6 through 8) I had to and write a multy page report in cursive. I warned the teacher that my cursive handwriting was terrible, and only got worse the longer I had to write. She said the assignment was the assignment. And that was fine. The writing in the report was bad. You could see the degradation from page to page. But I could read it, and I turned it in. It was returned to me with no grade, and a note to come see the teacher during home room. I was told that maybe cursive was maybe not for me and asked to re-write it in print. As well as all the other assignments for the semester.
Luckely, the following semester they started us using computers for such things.
pearlsbs over 3 years ago
I think many schools have stopped teaching cursive.
Shinrinder Premium Member over 3 years ago
A bad mistake in the long run.
drogers30 over 3 years ago
Thatâs sad
SWCarter over 3 years ago
He can probably read cursive, just not when it says things like âempty the trashâ and âclean your room.â
catmom1360 over 3 years ago
Thatâs not taught in schools anymore. No penmanship and kids and younger people canât even hold a pen or pencil correctly. The pens/pencils are gripped as if itâs a handle of a hammer.
Nachikethass over 3 years ago
Now most English content work comes East to India (where I am ) and other countries here. Maybe in a few years, handwriting will be seen only in old British colonies and US dependenciesâŠ
AlanM over 3 years ago
I think it was about 10 years ago when I ran first ran into an adult that couldnât read cursive English. They actually got angry at another person for using some sort of strange foreign language.
Jabroniville Premium Member over 3 years ago
They taught it when I was in Elementary, but once I hit Middle School, you were NOT to use cursive when writing essays and the like. Teachers found it too hard to read everyoneâs penmanship, which could be terrible and illegible. That pretty much killed off cursive for my entire generation, which is probably why they eventually stopped teaching it.
The worst printing is still more legible than the worst cursive.
mommavamp over 3 years ago
I encouraged my daughter to teach her sons to read and write cursive over the summer when they were at an appropriate age. Their penmanship is ghastly, but they can read. At least itâs a step up on most people their age (now teenagers.)
Iseau over 3 years ago
Get with the program, send him a text message.
Michael G. over 3 years ago
Such is âprogressâ, right, parents?
HappyDog/á”ÊłÊž ᎟á”ᶻᔠ⎠á”ʰᔠᶠá”âż á”ᶠᶊᔠPremium Member over 3 years ago
What did they do with all of those alphabet example strips above the blackboards? (Yes, that was a looong time ago.)
Ontman over 3 years ago
Another sad truth.
L L over 3 years ago
Canât read what is actually in the Constitution and founding documents if you canât read cursive.
Alberta Oil over 3 years ago
My cursive has gotten so bad that I now need to print if I expect to read it again.
Bill The Nuke over 3 years ago
We can keep the youngsters from taking over the world by writing in cursive and driving stick shifts.
zippykatz over 3 years ago
Bring back the Palmer Method! Google it, lots of info.
pearlsbs over 3 years ago
I was taught cursive writing in elementary school. I wasnât the best at it but it was readable. After going to college and writing notes in cursive fast to keep up, it got to where I was the only one that could read my handwriting. They say that is why medical doctorâs handwriting is usually bad. Now if I want anyone to read what I write, I have to print it out.
Ukko wilko over 3 years ago
Another failure of modern education.
Scoutmaster77 over 3 years ago
Uh ohâŠ
Grumpy Old Guy over 3 years ago
Cursive is just another fontâŠ..
MFRXIM Premium Member over 3 years ago
Iâd like to see the art of calligraphy thought in gradle school.
cherns Premium Member over 3 years ago
Every once in a while I see a very old document in cursive, and even though I can read and write in cursive, the writing in that document is so different from the cursive I know and practice that I canât make it out.
With age has come micro-tremors. My cursiveâand my printing for that matterâhas deteriorated in the last decade or so.
paullp Premium Member over 3 years ago
No moaning and groaning over the end of teaching cursive from me. lâm left-handed and my hands were never that steady anyway, so back in 3rd and 4th grades I was the absolute worst at it. Hated learning it, hated using it, and gave up on it a long time ago. Donât miss it at all.
Hydrohead over 3 years ago
When I was in middle school (grades 6 through 8) I had to and write a multy page report in cursive. I warned the teacher that my cursive handwriting was terrible, and only got worse the longer I had to write. She said the assignment was the assignment. And that was fine. The writing in the report was bad. You could see the degradation from page to page. But I could read it, and I turned it in. It was returned to me with no grade, and a note to come see the teacher during home room. I was told that maybe cursive was maybe not for me and asked to re-write it in print. As well as all the other assignments for the semester.
Luckely, the following semester they started us using computers for such things.
Today, I can not really read cursive that well.